AMD Athlon 64 4000+ (F3) vs Intel Core i3-540

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM2 Intel Socket 1156
Process size 90 nm 32 nm
Transistors 154 million 382 million
Die size 103.1 mm² 81 mm²
Package µPGA FC-LGA10
tCaseMax 69°C
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 2.6 GHz 3.066 GHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 200 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 13.0x 23.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.4 V 1.4 V
TDP 59 W 73 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Feb 20th, 2007 Jan 7th, 2010
Codename Orleans Clarkdale
Generation Athlon 64 Core i3
Part ADA4000IAA4CW SLBX7SLBLR
Memory support DDR2 Dual-channel DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2 Gen 2, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Cores

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

Cache

Cache L1 128K 64K (per core)
Cache L2 512K 256K (per core)
Cache L3 4MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes
AMD-V Yes
AMD64 Yes
HTT Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4 Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes
SSSE3 Yes
VT-x Yes
XD-Bit Yes

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