Pentium M 745 vs Ryzen 5 3450U
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 5 3450U and Pentium M 745 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1368 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU) | Pentium M |
| Power efficiency | 26.76 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020) | Dothan (2004−2005) |
| Release date | 1 May 2020 (4 years ago) | 10 May 2004 (20 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 3450U and Pentium M 745 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 1 |
| Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 1.8 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 1.8 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 400 MHz |
| L1 cache | 384 KB | 32 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 90 nm |
| Die size | no data | 87 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | 4500 Million | 144 million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
| VID voltage range | no data | 1.276V-1.34V |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 3450U and Pentium M 745 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 | no data | 1 |
| Socket | FP5 | H-PBGA479,PPGA478 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 7.5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3450U and Pentium M 745. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME | no data |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| FMA | + | - |
| 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 | - |
| FSB parity | no data | - |
Security technologies
Ryzen 5 3450U and Pentium M 745 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 Ryzen 5 3450U and Pentium M 745 are enumerated here.
| VT-x | no data | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3450U and Pentium M 745. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR2 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 May 2020 | 10 May 2004 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 1 |
| Threads | 8 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 7 Watt |
Ryzen 5 3450U has an age advantage of 15 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 650% more advanced lithography process.
Pentium M 745, on the other hand, has 114.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 3450U and Pentium M 745. We've got no test results to judge.
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