AMD Athlon X4 970 vs Intel Core i7-5500U

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM4 Intel BGA 1168
Process size 28 nm 14 nm
Transistors 1,178 million unknown
Die size 246 mm² unknown
Package µPGA FC-BGA1168
tCaseMax 74°C 105°C
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 3.8 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo clock up to 4 GHz up to 3 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 38.0x 24.0x
Multiplier unlocked Yes No
Voltage 1.475 V
TDP 65 W 15 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Mobile
Production status Active Active
Release date Jul 27th, 2017 Mar 1st, 2015
Codename Bristol Ridge Broadwell-U
Generation Athlon Core i7
Part AD970XAUM44AB unknown
Memory support DDR4 Dual-channel DDR3
ECC memory No No

Cores

Total Cores 4 2
Total Threads 4 4
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Intel HD 5500

Cache

Cache L1 128K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 512K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 4MB (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. Intel HD frequency: 300-950MHz

Features & Technologies

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

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