AMD Phenom II X4 840 vs Intel Core i5-3210M

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM3 Intel BGA 1023
Process size 45 nm 22 nm
Transistors 300 million unknown
Die size 169 mm² 118 mm²
Package µPGA FC-BGA12F
Foundry — Intel

Performance

Frequency 3.2 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo clock — up to 3.1 GHz
Base clock 200 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 16.0x 25.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.4 V —
TDP 95 W 35 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Mobile
Production status End-of-life unknown
Release date Jan 4th, 2011 Jun 1st, 2012
Codename Propus Ivy Bridge
Generation Phenom II X4 Core i5
Part HDX840WFK42GMHDX840WFGMBOX unknown
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel unknown Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2 —

Cores

Total Cores 4 2
Total Threads 4 4
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics — Intel HD 4000

Cache

Cache L1 128K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 512K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 — 3MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes —
AES-NI — Yes
AMD-V Yes —
AMD64 Yes —
AVX — Yes
EIST — Yes
HTT — Yes
Intel 64 — Yes
MMX Yes Yes
NX bit Yes —
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.2 — Yes
SSE4A Yes —
SSSE3 — Yes
VT-d — Yes
VT-x — Yes
XD bit — Yes

Notes

Notes — Intel HD 4000 frequency: 650-1100MHz

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