AMD Opteron 842 vs Intel Pentium M 735

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 842 and Intel Pentium M 735 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization.

AMD Opteron 842

Intel Pentium M 735

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 842

4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later

L1 cache	128 KB vs 32 KB

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium M 735

Around 6% higher clock speed: 1.7 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 90 nm vs 130 nm
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
10.3x lower typical power consumption: 7.5 Watt vs 82 Watt

Maximum frequency	1.7 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 130 nm
L2 cache	2048 KB vs 1024 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	7.5 Watt vs 82 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Opteron 842	Intel Pentium M 735
Essentials
Architecture codename	SledgeHammer	Dothan
Launch date	May 2004	May 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Vertical segment	Server	Mobile
Processor Number		735
Series		Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status		Discontinued
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	193 mm	87 mm2
L1 cache	128 KB	32 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB	2048 KB
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	90 nm
Maximum frequency	1.6 GHz	1.7 GHz
Number of cores	1	1
Transistor count	106 million	144 million
Base frequency		1.70 GHz
Bus Speed		400 MHz FSB
Front-side bus (FSB)		400 MHz
Maximum core temperature		100°C
Number of threads		1
VID voltage range		0.988V-1.340V
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	940	PPGA478
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	82 Watt	7.5 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		35mm x 35mm
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
FSB parity
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		32-bit
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)