AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE vs Intel Xeon E5-2609 v2

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM3 Intel Socket 2011
Process size 45 nm 22 nm
Transistors 758 million 1,400 million
Die size 258 mm² 160 mm²
Package µPGA
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 3.7 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 2000 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 18.5x 25.0x
Multiplier unlocked Yes No
Voltage 1.325 V
TDP 125 W 80 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Server/Workstation
Production status End-of-life unknown
Release date May 3rd, 2011 Sep 1st, 2013
Codename Deneb Ivy Bridge-EP
Generation Phenom II X4 Xeon E5
Part HDZ980FBK4DGMHDZ980FBGMBOX SR1AX
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel DDR3 Quad-channel
ECC memory No Yes
PCI Express Gen 2 Gen 3

Cores

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

Cache

Cache L1 128K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 512K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 6MB (shared) 10MB (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
AES-NI Yes
AMD-V Yes
AMD64 Yes
AVX Yes
ECC Yes
EIST Yes
EPT Yes
F16C 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
TXT Yes
VT-d Yes
VT-x Yes
XD bit Yes

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