AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE (125W) vs Intel Core i5-680

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM3 Intel Socket 1156
Process size 45 nm 32 nm
Transistors 758 million 382 million
Die size 258 mm² 81 mm²
Package µPGA FC-LGA10
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 3.4 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.866 GHz
Base clock 200 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 17.0x 27.0x
Multiplier unlocked Yes No
Voltage 1.4 V 1.4 V
TDP 125 W 73 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Nov 7th, 2009 Apr 19th, 2010
Codename Deneb Clarkdale
Generation Phenom II X4 Core i5
Part HDZ965FBK4DGMHDZ965FBGMBOX SLBTM
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2 Gen 2, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Cores

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

Cache

Cache L1 128K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 512K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 6MB (shared) 4MB (shared)

Notes

Notes This processor comes with an unlocked base clock multiplier, allowing users to set the multiplier value higher than shipped value, to facilitate better overclocking. It is branded under the Black Edition label.

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes
AMD-V Yes
AMD64 Yes
HTT Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
NX bit Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4 Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes
SSE4A Yes
SSSE3 Yes
TBT Yes
TXT Yes
VT-d Yes
VT-x Yes
XD-Bit Yes

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