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Intel Pentium 745A

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Differences What are the advantages of each

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Reasons to consider the
Intel Pentium 745A

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Much lower typical power consumption 17.06W vs 52.81W 3.1x lower typical power consumption
Much more l2 cache per core 2 MB/core vs 1 MB/core 2x more l2 cache per core
Much lower annual home energy cost 5.06 $/year vs 15.66 $/year 3.1x lower annual home energy cost
Much lower annual commercial energy cost 18.4 $/year vs 56.94 $/year 3.1x lower annual commercial energy cost
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Much newer manufacturing process 32 nm vs 90 nm A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor
Significantly higher clock speed 2.8 GHz vs 1.8 GHz More than 55% higher clock speed
More advanced architecture x86-64 vs x86 A 64-bit architecture allows more RAM to be installed and accessed by the processor
Has virtualization support Yes vs No Somewhat common; Boosts performance of virtual machines
Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.67 GHz vs 2.4 GHz Around 55% better overclocked clock speed (Air)
Newer Jul, 2009 vs Apr, 2004 Release date over 5 years later
More cores 2 vs 1 Twice as many cores; run more applications at once
Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Water) 2.8 GHz vs 1.8 GHz More than 55% better overclocked clock speed (Water)

Features Key features of the Pentium 745A  vs Athlon II X2 240 

clock speed

Pentium 745A
1.8 GHz
Athlon II X2 240
2.8 GHz

L2 cache

Pentium 745A
2 MB
Athlon II X2 240
2 MB

overclocked clock speed (air)

Pentium 745A
2.4 GHz
Athlon II X2 240
3.67 GHz

overclocked clock speed (water)

Pentium 745A
1.8 GHz
Athlon II X2 240
2.8 GHz

TDP

Pentium 745A
21W
Athlon II X2 240
65W

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

 Pentium 745A  vs
Athlon II X2 240 
Clock speed 1.8 GHz 2.8 GHz
Cores Single core Dual core

features
Has a NX bit Yes Yes
Has virtualization support No Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE4a
AVX 1.1
SSE2
F16C
MMX
XOP
SSE3
SSE
CLMUL
AMD64
SSE4.1
FMA4
SSE4.2
CVT16
AMD-V
AES
Supports dynamic frequency scaling Yes Yes

power consumption
TDP 21W 65W
Annual home energy cost 5.06 $/year 15.66 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost 18.4 $/year 56.94 $/year
Typical power consumption 17.06W 52.81W

memory controller
Memory controller Built-in Built-in

details

 Pentium 745A  vs
Athlon II X2 240 
Architecture x86 x86-64
Threads 1 2
L2 cache 2 MB 2 MB
L2 cache per core 2 MB/core 1 MB/core
Manufacture process 90 nm 32 nm
Transistor count 144,000,000 1,303,000,000
Max CPUs 1 1

overclocking
Overclocked clock speed 2.4 GHz 3.67 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 1.8 GHz 2.8 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 2.4 GHz 3.67 GHz

integrated graphics
GPU None None
Label N/A N/A
Latest DirectX N/A N/A
Number of displays supported N/A N/A
GPU clock speed N/A N/A
Turbo clock speed N/A N/A
3DMark06 N/A N/A

bus
Clock speed 400 MHz 2,000 MHz
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