AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE vs Intel Core i7-920

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM3 Intel Socket 1366
Process size 45 nm 45 nm
Transistors 758 million 731 million
Die size 258 mm² 263 mm²
Package µPGA FC-LGA8
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 3.7 GHz 2.666 GHz
Turbo clock up to 2.933 GHz
Base clock 2000 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 18.5x 20.0x
Multiplier unlocked Yes No
Voltage 1.325 V 1.375 V
TDP 125 W 130 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date May 3rd, 2011 Nov 17th, 2008
Codename Deneb Bloomfield
Generation Phenom II X4 Core i7
Part HDZ980FBK4DGMHDZ980FBGMBOX SLBCHSLBEJ
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel DDR3 Triple-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2 Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 4 8
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 6MB (shared) 8MB (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
EIST Yes
HTT Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
NX bit Yes
SMT Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.2 Yes
SSE4A Yes
TXT Yes
VT-x Yes
XD-Bit Yes

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