AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ vs Intel Core i7-870

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM2 Intel Socket 1156
Process size 90 nm 45 nm
Transistors 154 million 774 million
Die size 220 mm² 296 mm²
Package µPGA FC-LGA8
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 2.2 GHz 2.933 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.6 GHz
Base clock 200 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 11.0x 22.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.35 V 1.4 V
TDP 89 W 95 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date May 23rd, 2006 Sep 8th, 2009
Codename Windsor Lynnfield
Generation Athlon 64 X2 Core i7
Part ADA4200IAA5CU SLBJG
Memory support unknown Dual-channel DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2 Gen 2, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Cores

Total Cores 2 4
Total Threads 2 8
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics

Cache

Cache L1 256K 64K (per core)
Cache L2 512K 256K (per core)
Cache L3 8MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes
AMD-V Yes
AMD64 Yes
EIST Yes
HTT Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SMT Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.2 Yes
TXT Yes
VT-x Yes
XD-Bit Yes

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