AMD Athlon X4 950 vs Intel Core i7-2630QM

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM4 Intel Socket G2 (988B)
Process size 28 nm 32 nm
Transistors 1,178 million 1,160 million
Die size 246 mm² 216 mm²
Package µPGA rPGA
tCaseMax 74°C
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 3.5 GHz 2000 MHz
Turbo clock up to 3.8 GHz up to 2.9 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 35.0x 20.0x
Multiplier unlocked Yes No
Voltage 1.475 V
TDP 65 W 45 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Mobile
Production status Active End-of-life
Release date Jul 27th, 2017 Jan 3rd, 2011
Codename Bristol Ridge Sandy Bridge
Generation Athlon Core i7
Part AD950XAGM44AB SR02Y
Memory support DDR4 Dual-channel unknown Dual-channel
ECC memory No No

Cores

Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 4 8
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 6MB (shared)

Notes

Notes This processor comes with an unlocked base clock multiplier, allowing users to set the multiplier value higher than shipped value, to facilitate better overclocking.

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes
AES Yes
AES-NI Yes
AMD-V Yes
AMD64 Yes
AVX Yes Yes
AVX2 Yes
BMI1 Yes
BMI2 Yes
EIST Yes
EVP Yes
F16C Yes
FMA3 Yes
FMA4 Yes
HTT Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4 Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes Yes
SSE4A Yes
SSSE3 Yes
TBM Yes
Turbo Core Yes
VT-x Yes
XD bit Yes
XOP Yes

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