AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ vs Intel Pentium 957

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM2 Intel BGA 1023
Process size 90 nm 32 nm
Transistors 154 million 504 million
Die size 220 mm² 131 mm²
Package µPGA rPGA
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 2000 MHz 1200 MHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 200 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 10.0x 12.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.35 V
TDP 89 W 17 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Mobile
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date May 23rd, 2006 Jun 19th, 2011
Codename Windsor Sandy Bridge
Generation Athlon 64 X2 Pentium
Part ADA3800IAA5CU SR089
Memory support unknown Dual-channel DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 2 2
Total Threads 2 2
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Intel HD (Sandy Bridge)

Cache

Cache L1 256K 64K (per core)
Cache L2 512K 256K (per core)
Cache L3 2MB (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
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes
SSSE3 Yes
Smart Cache Yes
XD bit Yes

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