GamePC har recenserat Pentium-M 780. Processorn har en klockfrekvens på 2,26 GHz jämfört med 2,13 GHz för den föredetta snabbaste modellen och verkar vara ett lovande alternativ till konventionella desktopprocessorer från AMD och Intel. GamePC:s processor gick att överklocka till 2,75 GHz vilket gav mycket imponerande prestanda i bland annat spel.

The Pentium-M processor really kicked into high gear with the release of Intel's second generation core architecture, Dothan. Dothan doubled the amount of on-die L2 cache from 1 MB to 2 MB compared to its predecessor, Banias. The larger cache was paired with a faster 533 MHz front side bus speed which worked in conjunction with Intel's long-awaited "Alviso" 915GM chipset. Dothan-based Pentium-M processors have been available at clock speeds up to 2.13 GHz until now with their high-end 770 model since March of this year.

Nearly six months later, we're seeing the first speed bump since the Dothan processor family hit the market, the new Pentium-M 780. Intel has seemingly launched the Pentium-M 780 "under the radar", so to speak, since we have seen or heard very little on this new chip since it was released. Surely, Intel is focusing their marketing efforts on pushing their new dual core processor architectures, and since the new Pentium-M single core processor design, it may not be worth their efforts at this time.