AMD Opteron X2 290 vs Intel Core 2 Duo E7300

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket 940 Intel Socket 775
Process size 90 nm 45 nm
Transistors 233 million 420 million
Die size unknown 107 mm²
Package µPGA FC-LGA6
Foundry Intel
tCaseMax 74°C

Performance

Frequency 2.8 GHz 2.667 GHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 200 MHz 266 MHz
Multiplier 14.0x 10.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.35 V 1.11 V
TDP 95 W 65 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Server/Workstation Desktop
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Jan 1st, 2006 Aug 10th, 2008
Codename Italy Wolfdale
Generation Opteron X2 Core 2 Duo
Part OSA290FAA6CB SLAPB
Memory support unknown Dual-channel DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2 Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 2 2
Total Threads 2 2
SMP # CPUs 2 1
Integrated graphics

Cache

Cache L1 128K 64K (per core)
Cache L2 1MB 3MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes
AMD64 Yes
C1E Yes
C2E Yes
EIST Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4 Yes

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