Ryzen 3 2300U vs Pentium M 780

General info

Comparing Pentium M 780 and Ryzen 3 2300U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	1418
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Pentium M	AMD Ryzen 3
Architecture codename	Dothan (2004−2005)	Raven Ridge (2017−2018)
Release date	July 2005 (18 years ago)	26 October 2017 (6 years ago)
Current price	$113	$444

Technical specs

Pentium M 780 and Ryzen 3 2300U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	1 (Single-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	1	4
Base clock speed	2.26 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.26 GHz	3.4 GHz
Bus support	533 MHz	no data
L1 cache	32 KB	128K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	90 nm	14 nm
Die size	84 mm2	246 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	140 million	4500 Million
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No
VID voltage range	1.26V-1.404V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium M 780 and Ryzen 3 2300U compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	PPGA478, H-PBGA479	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 780 and Ryzen 3 2300U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI	no data	+
AVX	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
PAE	32 Bit	no data
FSB parity	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Pentium M 780 and Ryzen 3 2300U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium M 780 and Ryzen 3 2300U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
VT-x	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium M 780 and Ryzen 3 2300U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	no data	32 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium M 780 and Ryzen 3 2300U.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	12

Advantages and disadvantages

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Physical cores	1	4
Threads	1	4
Chip lithography	90 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	15 Watt

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