Pentium M 740 vs Turion II Ultra M660

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Aggregate performance score

Turion II Ultra M660
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.64
+237%
Pentium M 740
2005
1 core / 1 thread, 27 Watt
0.19

Turion II Ultra M660 outperforms Pentium M 740 by a whopping 237% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Turion II Ultra M660 and Pentium M 740 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking27773248
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Turion II UltraPentium M
Power efficiency1.730.67
Architecture codenameCaspian (2009)Dothan (2004−2005)
Release date10 September 2009 (15 years ago)19 January 2005 (19 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Turion II Ultra M660 and Pentium M 740 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 cores2 (Dual-core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads21
Base clock speedno data1.73 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz1.73 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHz533 MHz
L1 cacheno data32 KB
L2 cache2 MB2 MB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm90 nm
Die sizeno data87 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistorsno data144 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data1.26V-1.356V

Compatibility

Information on Turion II Ultra M660 and Pentium M 740 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 configurationno data1
SocketSocket S1 (s1g3) 638-pinPPGA478, H-PBGA479
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt27 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II Ultra M660 and Pentium M 740. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualizationno data
PowerNow+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data-
PAEno data32 Bit
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Turion II Ultra M660 and Pentium M 740 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II Ultra M660 and Pentium M 740 are enumerated here.

VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II Ultra M660 and Pentium M 740. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2DDR2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Turion II Ultra M660 0.64
+237%
Pentium M 740 0.19

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Turion II Ultra M660 2278
+58.7%
Pentium M 740 1435

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.64 0.19
Recency 10 September 2009 19 January 2005
Physical cores 2 1
Threads 2 1
Chip lithography 45 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 27 Watt

Turion II Ultra M660 has a 236.8% 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.

Pentium M 740, on the other hand, has 29.6% lower power consumption.

The Turion II Ultra M660 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium M 740 in performance tests.


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