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CPU core: Pentium M models now available on the market are based on the Dothan core. Processors with this core are manufactured on 90nm tech process with “strained silicon” technology. In fact, the tech process employed to make the Dothan core is analogous to the process they use to make Prescott-core Pentium 4 CPUs. The Dothan core has an area of 83.6 sq. mm and contains 140 million transistors.

The table below compares the characteristics of the Pentium M on the Dothan core with those of Pentium 4 models:

 

Pentium M

Pentium 4 Extreme Edition

Pentium Extreme Edition

Pentium D

Pentium 4 6XX

Pentium 4 5XX

Processor core

Dothan

Prescott-2M

Smithfield

Smithfield

Prescott-2M

Prescott

Socket

Socket 479

LGA775

LGA775

LGA775

LGA775

LGA775

Number of cores

1

1

2

2

1

1

Core frequency

Up to 2.26 GHz

3.73 GHz

3.2 GHz

Up to 3.2 GHz

Up to 3.6 GHz

Up to 3.8 GHz

Bus frequency

533 MHz

1066 MHz

800 MHz

800 MHz

800 MHz

800 MHz

Production technology

0.09- micron, strained silicon

0.09- micron, strained silicon

0.09- micron, strained silicon

0.09- micron, strained silicon

0.09- micron, strained silicon

0.09- micron, strained silicon

Transistors

140 mln.

169 mln.

230 mln.

230 mln.

169 mln.

125 mln.

Die size

84 sq.mm

135 sq.mm

206sq.mm

206sq.mm

135sq.mm

112sq.mm

L1 data cache

32 KB

16 KB

2 x 16 KB

2 x 16 KB

16 KB

16 KB

L1 instructions cache

32 KB

12000 uops

2 x 12000 uops

2 x 12000 uops

12000 uops

12000 uops

L2 cache

2048 KB

2048 KB

2 x 1024 KB

2 x 1024 KB

2048 KB

1024 KB

L3 cache

-

-

-

-

-

-

SIMD-instructions

SSE2/ SSE

SSE3/ SSE2/ SSE

SSE3/ SSE2/ SSE

SSE3/ SSE2/ SSE

SSE3/ SSE2/ SSE

SSE3/ SSE2/ SSE

EM64T

-

+

+

+

+

Optional

Hyper-Threading

-

+

+

-

+

+

Execute Disable Bit

+

+

+

+

+

+

Intel Enhanced SpeedStep

+

-

+

+

+

-

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