AMD Athlon II X4 640 vs Intel Core i5-2520M

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM3 Intel BGA 1023
Process size 45 nm 32 nm
Transistors 300 million 624 million
Die size 169 mm² 149 mm²
Package µPGA rPGA
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 3 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 200 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 15.0x 25.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.4 V
TDP 95 W 35 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Mobile
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date May 11th, 2010 Feb 1st, 2011
Codename Propus Sandy Bridge
Generation Athlon II X4 Core i5
Part ADX640WFK42GMADX640WFGMBOX SR04A
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 4 2
Total Threads 4 4
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Intel HD 3000

Cache

Cache L1 128K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 512K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 3MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes
AES-NI Yes
AMD-V Yes
AMD64 Yes
AVX Yes
EIST Yes
HTT 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
SSE4A Yes
SSSE3 Yes
Smart Cache Yes
TXT Yes
Turbo Boost Yes
VT-d Yes
VT-x Yes
XD bit Yes

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