Mobile Pentium 4 2.80 vs Turion X2 RM-74
Aggregate performance score
Turion X2 RM-74 outperforms Mobile Pentium 4 2.80 by a whopping 250% 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 | 3170 | 3578 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | 2x AMD Turion | no data |
| Power efficiency | 0.51 | 0.07 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Lion (2008−2009) | Northwood (2002−2004) |
| Release date | 1 January 2009 (16 years ago) | June 2003 (22 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Turion X2 RM-74 and Mobile Pentium 4 2.80 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 2 |
| Boost clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 8 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 130 nm |
| Die size | no data | 131 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 75 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 55 million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Turion X2 RM-74 and Mobile Pentium 4 2.80 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 |
| Socket | S1 | 478 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 68 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion X2 RM-74 and Mobile Pentium 4 2.80. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization | no data |
| PowerNow | + | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion X2 RM-74 and Mobile Pentium 4 2.80 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion X2 RM-74 and Mobile Pentium 4 2.80. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR1, DDR2 |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.42 | 0.12 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 68 Watt |
Turion X2 RM-74 has a 250% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 94.3% lower power consumption.
The AMD Turion X2 RM-74 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Mobile Pentium 4 2.80 in performance tests.
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