Intel Core 2 Extreme X7900 vs Intel Core i5-660

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket P Intel Socket 1156
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 65 nm 32 nm
Transistors unknown 382 million
Die size 143 mm² 81 mm²
Package FC-PGA FC-LGA10

Performance

Frequency 2.8 GHz 3.333 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.6 GHz
Base clock 200 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 14.0x 25.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.3 V 1.4 V
TDP 44 W 73 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Mobile Desktop
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Aug 1st, 2007 Jan 7th, 2010
Codename Merom XE Clarkdale
Generation Core 2 Extreme Core i5
Part SLAF4SLA33 SLBLVSLBTK
Memory support DDR1 DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Cores

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

Cache

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

Features & Technologies

EIST Yes
HTT Yes
Intel 64 Yes Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4 Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes
SSSE3 Yes Yes
TBT Yes
TXT Yes Yes
VT-d Yes
VT-x Yes Yes
XD bit Yes
XD-Bit Yes
iAMT2 Yes

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