AMD Phenom II X6 1045T vs Intel Core i7-940

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM3 Intel Socket 1366
Process size 45 nm 45 nm
Transistors 904 million 731 million
Die size 346 mm² 263 mm²
Package µPGA FC-LGA8
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 2.7 GHz 2.933 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.2 GHz up to 3.2 GHz
Base clock 200 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 13.5x 22.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.375 V 1.375 V
TDP 95 W 130 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Sep 1st, 2010 Nov 17th, 2008
Codename Thuban Bloomfield
Generation Phenom II X6 Core i7
Part HDT45TWFK6DGR SLBCK
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel DDR3 Triple-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2 Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 6 4
Total Threads 6 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)

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
Turbo Core Yes
VT-x Yes
XD-Bit Yes

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