AMD Phenom II X4 830 vs Intel Core i7-640M

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM3 Intel Socket G1
Process size 45 nm 32 nm
Transistors 758 million 384 million
Die size 258 mm² 81 mm²
Package µPGA rPGA
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 2.8 GHz 2.8 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.467 GHz
Base clock 200 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 14.0x 21.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.425 V
TDP 95 W 35 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Mobile
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Sep 1st, 2009 Sep 1st, 2010
Codename Deneb Arrandale
Generation Phenom II X4 Core i7
Part HDX830WFK4DGM SLBTN
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel DDR3
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2 Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 4 2
Total Threads 4 4
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics

Cache

Cache L1 128K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 512K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 4MB (shared) 4MB (shared)

Notes

Notes OEM only. Some reports show 6MB of L3 cache. 177M GPU Transistors

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes
AES-NI Yes
AMD-V Yes
AMD64 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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