AMD Athlon II X3 455 vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q7600

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM3 Intel Socket 775
Process size 45 nm 45 nm
Transistors 300 million 456 million
Die size 169 mm² 2x 82 mm²
Package µPGA FC-LGA6
Foundry — Intel
tCaseMax — 71°C

Performance

Frequency 3.3 GHz 2.7 GHz
Turbo clock — —
Base clock 200 MHz 200 MHz
Multiplier 16.5x 13.5x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.4 V 1.11 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 Aug 31st, 2009
Codename Rana Yorkfield
Generation Athlon II X3 Core 2 Quad
Part ADX455WFK32GMADX455WFGMBOX SLGUU
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel DDR1, 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) 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
SSE4A Yes —
iAMT2 — Yes

Notes

Notes — SSE4.1 disabled.

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