AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ vs Intel Pentium D 960

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM2 Intel Socket 775
Process size 65 nm 65 nm
Transistors 154 million 376 million
Die size 126 mm² 140 mm²
Package µPGA FC-LGA4
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 2.4 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 200 MHz 200 MHz
Multiplier 12.0x 18.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.325 V 1.33 V
TDP 65 W 130 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Apr 22nd, 2008 May 2nd, 2006
Codename Brisbane Presler
Generation Athlon 64 X2 Pentium D
Part ADO4600IAA5DO SL9AP
Memory support unknown Dual-channel DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2 Gen 2

Cores

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

Cache

Cache L1 256K 28K
Cache L2 512K 4MB

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

Notes

Notes C1 Stepping

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