Ryzen 7 7700X vs Pentium M 780

Primary details

Comparing Pentium M 780 and Ryzen 7 7700X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated229
Place by popularitynot in top-10097
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data43.59
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesPentium MAMD Ryzen 7
Power efficiencyno data20.41
Architecture codenameDothan (2004−2005)Raphael (Zen4) (2022−2023)
Release date25 July 2005 (19 years ago)27 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$399

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium M 780 and Ryzen 7 7700X 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 cores1 (Single-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads116
Base clock speed2.26 GHz4.5 GHz
Boost clock speed0.03 GHz5.4 GHz
Bus rate533 MHzno data
L1 cache32 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB32 MB (shared)
Chip lithography90 nm5 nm, 6 nm
Die size87 mm270 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data61 °C
Number of transistors144 million6,570 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+
VID voltage range1.26V-1.404Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium M 780 and Ryzen 7 7700X 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 configuration11
SocketPPGA478, H-PBGA479AM5
Power consumption (TDP)27 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 780 and Ryzen 7 7700X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno data5 nm, 0.650 - 1.475V
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States-no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAE32 Bitno data
FSB parity-no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Pentium M 780 and Ryzen 7 7700X 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 7 7700X are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium M 780 and Ryzen 7 7700X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2DDR5-5200
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)AMD Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium M 780 and Ryzen 7 7700X.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data24

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Pentium M 780 933
Ryzen 7 7700X 18115
+1842%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Pentium M 780 80
Ryzen 7 7700X 2.15
+3621%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 July 2005 27 September 2022
Physical cores 1 8
Threads 1 16
Chip lithography 90 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 27 Watt 105 Watt

Pentium M 780 has 288.9% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 7 7700X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 17 years, 700% more physical cores and 1500% more threads, and a 1700% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Pentium M 780 and Ryzen 7 7700X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium M 780 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 7 7700X is a desktop one.


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