Intel Core i5-460M vs Intel Pentium M 1.50

Comparative analysis of Intel Core i5-460M and Intel Pentium M 1.50 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-460M

  • CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
  • Around 87% higher clock speed: 2.80 GHz vs 1.5 GHz
  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 100°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 130 nm
  • 8x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1124 vs 460
  • 3.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1296 vs 366
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2010 vs March 2003
Number of cores 2 vs 1
Maximum frequency 2.80 GHz vs 1.5 GHz
Maximum core temperature 105°C vs 100°C
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 130 nm
L1 cache 128 KB vs 16 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1124 vs 460
PassMark - CPU mark 1296 vs 366

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium M 1.50

  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 24.5 Watt vs 35 Watt
L2 cache 1024 KB vs 512 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 24.5 Watt vs 35 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core i5-460M
CPU 2: Intel Pentium M 1.50

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1124
460
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1296
366
Name Intel Core i5-460M Intel Pentium M 1.50
PassMark - Single thread mark 1124 460
PassMark - CPU mark 1296 366
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 397
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 848
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 0.455
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 23.625
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1.863
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.884

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Core i5-460M Intel Pentium M 1.50

Essentials

Architecture codename Arrandale Banias
Launch date 1 September 2010 March 2003
Launch price (MSRP) $80
Place in performance rating 3074 3068
Price now $74.95
Processor Number i5-460M
Series Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 9.14
Vertical segment Mobile Mobile

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.53 GHz 1.50 GHz
Bus Speed 2.5 GT/s DMI 400 MHz FSB
Die size 81 mm2 83 mm2
Front-side bus (FSB) 2400 MHz
L1 cache 128 KB 16 KB
L2 cache 512 KB 1024 KB
L3 cache 3072 KB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 130 nm
Maximum core temperature 105°C 100°C
Maximum frequency 2.80 GHz 1.5 GHz
Number of cores 2 1
Number of threads 4
Transistor count 382 million 77 million
VID voltage range 0.956-1.484V

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 17.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size 8 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 800/1066 DDR1, DDR2

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 500 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 766 MHz
Graphics max frequency 766 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Processor graphics Intel HD Graphics

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 2

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Package Size rPGA 37.5mmx 37.5mm, BGA 34mmx28mm 35mm x 35mm
Sockets supported BGA1288, PGA988 PPGA478, H-PBGA479
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 24.5 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 2.0
PCIe configurations 1x16

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 36-bit 32-bit
Thermal Monitoring
FSB parity
Intel® Demand Based Switching

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

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