Pentium M 780
This review was planned to be a comparison of Intel’s Pentium 4 and Pentium M architectures. To meet this goal we took senior CPU models from both families. The fastest in the Pentium M series is the Pentium M 770 model with a default clock rate of 2.13GHz. But we learned that Intel was going to announce an even faster CPU in this series, with a rating of 780. We were lucky to get a sample of the Pentium M 780 and so we performed our tests on this processor.
Since the Pentium M 780 is a not-yet-announced product, here’s some info on it: the Pentium M 780 is based on the
Pentium M 780 | |
Frequency | 2.26 GHz |
Package | 478-pin PPGA |
Vcore | 1.287V-1.4V |
Bus frequency | 533 MHz |
Typical heat dissipation | 27 W |
Core stepping | C0 |
Max. typical case temperature | 100°C |
L2 cache size | 2MB |
Production technology | 90 nm |
Hyper-Threading Technology support | No |
Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology (EM64T) support | No |
Execute Disable Bit Feature (NX) support | Yes |
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep (EIST) support | Yes |
The Pentium M has a peculiar appearance: Intel’s mobile processors don’t have a heat-spreading cover that protects the die from damage. Mobile CPUs are seldom installed by the end-user, so this cover is not really necessary here.
The diagnostic utility CPU-Z doesn’t yet know about this processor and sticks a wrong rating on it.


But the rest of the information on the screenshots is perfectly true.







