AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ vs Intel Pentium 997

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM2 Intel BGA 1023
Process size 90 nm 32 nm
Transistors 154 million 504 million
Die size 220 mm² 131 mm²
Package µPGA rPGA
Foundry — Intel

Performance

Frequency 2.6 GHz 1600 MHz
Turbo clock — —
Base clock 200 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 13.0x 16.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.35 V —
TDP 89 W 17 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Mobile
Production status End-of-life unknown
Release date May 23rd, 2006 Sep 1st, 2012
Codename Windsor Sandy Bridge
Generation Athlon 64 X2 Pentium
Part ADO5000IAA5CU SR08FSR0F2SR0F9SR0V5
Memory support unknown Dual-channel DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2 —

Cores

Total Cores 2 2
Total Threads 2 2
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics — Intel HD (Sandy Bridge)

Cache

Cache L1 256K 64K (per core)
Cache L2 512K 256K (per core)
Cache L3 — 2MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes —
AMD-V Yes —
AMD64 Yes —
EIST — Yes
Intel 64 — Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.1 — Yes
SSE4.2 — Yes
SSSE3 — Yes
Smart Cache — Yes
XD bit — Yes

Notes

Notes — Q0 Stepping: SR08F, SR0F2, SR0V5 J1 Stepping: SR0F9

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