Intel Pentium M 740 vs AMD Athlon 750

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium M 740 and AMD Athlon 750 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Memory.

Intel Pentium M 740

AMD Athlon 750

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium M 740

CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 131% higher clock speed: 1.73 GHz vs 0.75 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 90 nm vs 180 nm
8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 59% lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 43 Watt

Launch date	January 2005 vs June 2000
Maximum frequency	1.73 GHz vs 0.75 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 180 nm
L2 cache	2048 KB vs 256 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt vs 43 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 750

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

L1 cache	128 KB vs 32 KB

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium M 740	AMD Athlon 750
Essentials
Architecture codename	Dothan	Thunderbird
Launch date	January 2005	June 2000
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Processor Number	740
Series	Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Mobile	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.73 GHz
Bus Speed	533 MHz FSB
Die size	87 mm2	120 mm
Front-side bus (FSB)	533 MHz
L1 cache	32 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	2048 KB	256 KB
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	180 nm
Maximum core temperature	100°C
Maximum frequency	1.73 GHz	0.75 GHz
Number of cores	1	1
Number of threads	1
Transistor count	144 million	37 million
VID voltage range	1.260V-1.356V
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Package Size	35mm x 35mm
Sockets supported	PPGA478, H-PBGA479	A
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt	43 Watt
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)
Memory
Supported memory types		DDR1