AMD Phenom X4 9950 BE (125W) vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W)

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM2+ Intel Socket 775
Process size 65 nm 65 nm
Transistors 450 million 582 million
Die size 285 mm² 2x 143 mm²
Package µPGA FC-LGA6
Foundry Intel
tCaseMax 62°C

Performance

Frequency 2.6 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 200 MHz 266 MHz
Multiplier 13.0x 9.0x
Multiplier unlocked Yes No
Voltage 1.3 V 1.34 V
TDP 125 W 95 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Oct 1st, 2008 Jul 23rd, 2007
Codename Agena Kentsfield
Generation Phenom X4 Core 2 Quad
Part HD995ZXAJ4BGH SLACR
Memory support unknown Dual-channel DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2 Gen 2

Cores

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

Cache

Cache L1 128K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 512K (per core) 8MB (shared)
Cache L3 2MB (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
CnQ Yes
EIST Yes
HT3.0 Yes
HTT Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
NX bit Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4A Yes
VT Yes
iAMT2 Yes

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