AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ EE vs AMD Phenom II X3 720

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM2 AMD Socket AM3
Process size 90 nm 45 nm
Transistors 154 million 758 million
Die size 220 mm² 258 mm²
Package µPGA µPGA

Performance

Frequency 2.6 GHz 2.8 GHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 200 MHz 200 MHz
Multiplier 13.0x 14.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.25 V 1.425 V
TDP 65 W 95 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Feb 1st, 2007 Jan 1st, 2010
Codename Windsor Heka
Generation Athlon 64 X2 Phenom II X3
Part ADO5000IAA5CZ HDX720WFK3DGIHDX720WFGIBOX
Memory support unknown Dual-channel DDR3 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 1MB 512K (per core)
Cache L3 6MB (shared)

Notes

Notes "EE" signifies Energy Efficient.

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes Yes
AMD-V Yes Yes
AMD64 Yes Yes
MMX Yes Yes
NX bit Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4A Yes

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