AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ vs Intel Pentium 997

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM2 Intel BGA 1023
Process size 65 nm 32 nm
Transistors 154 million 504 million
Die size 126 mm² 131 mm²
Package µPGA rPGA
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 2.4 GHz 1600 MHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 200 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 12.0x 16.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.325 V
TDP 65 W 17 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Mobile
Production status End-of-life unknown
Release date Apr 22nd, 2008 Sep 1st, 2012
Codename Brisbane Sandy Bridge
Generation Athlon 64 X2 Pentium
Part ADO4600IAA5DO SR08FSR0F2SR0F9SR0V5
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
NX bit Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes
SSSE3 Yes
Smart Cache Yes
XD bit Yes

Notes

Notes Q0 Stepping: SR08F, SR0F2, SR0V5 J1 Stepping: SR0F9

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