AMD Athlon II X3 455 vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM3 Intel Socket 775
Process size 45 nm 65 nm
Transistors 300 million 582 million
Die size 169 mm² 2x 143 mm²
Package µPGA FC-LGA6
Foundry Intel
tCaseMax 62°C

Performance

Frequency 3.3 GHz 2.666 GHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 200 MHz 266 MHz
Multiplier 16.5x 10.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.4 V 1.34 V
TDP 95 W 95 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Dec 7th, 2010 Apr 20th, 2007
Codename Rana Kentsfield
Generation Athlon II X3 Core 2 Quad
Part ADX455WFK32GMADX455WFGMBOX SLACQ
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel DDR2, DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2 Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 3 4
Total Threads 3 4
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics

Cache

Cache L1 128K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 512K (per core) 8MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes
AMD-V Yes
AMD64 Yes
EIST Yes
EM64T Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
NX bit Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4A Yes
SSSE3 Yes
VT-x Yes
XD-Bit Yes

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