Turion II Ultra M620 vs Pentium M 780
Aggregate performance score
Turion II Ultra M620 outperforms Pentium M 780 by a whopping 109% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3487 | 3203 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Pentium M | AMD Turion II Ultra |
| Power efficiency | 0.34 | 0.56 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | Intel | no data |
| Architecture codename | Dothan (2004−2005) | Caspian (2009) |
| Release date | 25 July 2005 (20 years ago) | 10 September 2009 (16 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Pentium M 780 and Turion II Ultra M620 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) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 1 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 2.26 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 0.03 GHz | 2.5 GHz |
| Bus rate | 533 MHz | 3600 MHz |
| L1 cache | 32 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | 87 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 144 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | 1.26V-1.404V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium M 780 and Turion II Ultra M620 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 | no data |
| Socket | PPGA478, H-PBGA479 | Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 27 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 780 and Turion II Ultra M620. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization |
| PowerNow | - | + |
| 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 |
Security technologies
Pentium M 780 and Turion II Ultra M620 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 Turion II Ultra M620 are enumerated here.
| VT-x | - | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium M 780 and Turion II Ultra M620. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR2 | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | no data |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.22 | 0.46 |
| Recency | 25 July 2005 | 10 September 2009 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 2 |
| Threads | 1 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 27 Watt | 35 Watt |
Pentium M 780 has 29.6% lower power consumption.
Turion II Ultra M620, on the other hand, has a 109.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
The AMD Turion II Ultra M620 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium M 780 in performance tests.
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