AMD Athlon 64 3500+ vs Intel Pentium G6960

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM2 Intel Socket 1156
Process size 90 nm 32 nm
Transistors 227 million 382 million
Die size 230 mm² 81 mm²
Package µPGA FC-LGA10
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 2.2 GHz 2.933 GHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 200 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 11.0x 22.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.4 V 1.4 V
TDP 62 W 73 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Feb 20th, 2007 Jan 9th, 2011
Codename Windsor Clarkdale
Generation Athlon 64 Pentium
Part ADA3500IAA4DH SLBT6
Memory support DDR2 Dual-channel DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2 Gen 2, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Cores

Total Cores 1 2
Total Threads 1 2
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Intel HD

Cache

Cache L1 128K 64K (per core)
Cache L2 512K 256K (per core)
Cache L3 3MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes
AMD-V Yes
AMD64 Yes
EIST Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSSE3 Yes
Smart Cache Yes
VT-x Yes
XD bit Yes

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