AMD Phenom II X4 840T vs Intel Core i5-2540M

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM3 Intel Socket G2 (988B)
Process size 45 nm 32 nm
Transistors 904 million 624 million
Die size 346 mm² 149 mm²
Package µPGA rPGA
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 2.9 GHz 2.6 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.2 GHz
Base clock 200 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 14.5x 26.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.4 V
TDP 95 W 35 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Mobile
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Sep 1st, 2010 Feb 1st, 2011
Codename Zosma Sandy Bridge
Generation Phenom II X4 Core i5
Part HD840TWFK4DGR SR044SR049
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel DDR3 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 3000

Cache

Cache L1 128K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 512K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 6MB (shared) 3MB (shared)

Notes

Notes OEM only.

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
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes
SSE4A Yes
SSSE3 Yes
Smart Cache Yes
TXT Yes
Turbo Boost Yes
Turbo Core Yes
VT-d Yes
VT-x Yes
XD bit Yes

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