AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ vs AMD Phenom X3 8850

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM2 AMD Socket AM2+
Process size 65 nm 65 nm
Transistors 154 million 450 million
Die size 126 mm² 285 mm²
Package µPGA µPGA

Performance

Frequency 2.1 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo clock — —
Base clock 200 MHz 200 MHz
Multiplier 10.5x 12.5x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.25 V 1.25 V
TDP 65 W 95 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Dec 5th, 2006 Oct 21st, 2008
Codename Brisbane Toliman
Generation Athlon 64 X2 Phenom X3
Part ADO4000IAA5DD HD8850WCJ3BGH
Memory support unknown Dual-channel unknown Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2 Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 2 3
Total Threads 2 3
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics — —

Cache

Cache L1 256K 128K (per core)
Cache L2 512K 512K (per core)
Cache L3 — 2MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes Yes
AMD-V Yes Yes
AMD64 Yes Yes
CnQ — Yes
HT3.0 — Yes
MMX Yes Yes
NX bit Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4A — Yes

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