AMD Opteron X2 290 vs Intel Pentium G6960

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket 940 Intel Socket 1156
Process size 90 nm 32 nm
Transistors 233 million 382 million
Die size unknown 81 mm²
Package µPGA FC-LGA10
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 2.8 GHz 2.933 GHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 200 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 14.0x 22.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.35 V 1.4 V
TDP 95 W 73 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Server/Workstation Desktop
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Jan 1st, 2006 Jan 9th, 2011
Codename Italy Clarkdale
Generation Opteron X2 Pentium
Part OSA290FAA6CB SLBT6
Memory support unknown Dual-channel DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2 Gen 2, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Cores

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

Cache

Cache L1 128K 64K (per core)
Cache L2 1MB 256K (per core)
Cache L3 3MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes
AMD64 Yes
EIST Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSSE3 Yes
Smart Cache Yes
VT-x Yes
XD bit Yes

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