AMD Phenom II X4 925 vs Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9300

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM3 Intel Socket P
Process size 45 nm 45 nm
Transistors 758 million unknown
Die size 258 mm² 2x 107 mm²
Package µPGA FC-PGA
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 2.8 GHz 2.534 GHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 200 MHz 266 MHz
Multiplier 14.0x 9.5x
Multiplier unlocked No Yes
Voltage 1.425 V 1.175 V
TDP 95 W 45 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Mobile
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date May 11th, 2009 Aug 1st, 2008
Codename Deneb Penryn QC XE
Generation Phenom II X4 Core 2 Extreme
Part HDX925WFK4DGIHDX925WFGIBOXHDX925WFK4DGMHDX925WFGMBOX SLB5J
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel unknown
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2

Cores

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

Cache

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

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes
AMD-V Yes
AMD64 Yes
EIST Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
NX bit Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4A Yes
SSSE3 Yes
TXT Yes
VT-x Yes
XD bit Yes
iAMT2 Yes

Notes

Notes unlocked clock multiplier

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