AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ vs Intel Core 2 Duo E4600

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM2 Intel Socket 775
Process size 65 nm 65 nm
Transistors 154 million 167 million
Die size 126 mm² 111 mm²
Package µPGA FC-LGA6
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 2.9 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 200 MHz 200 MHz
Multiplier 14.5x 12.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.325 V 0.9 V
TDP 65 W 65 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Feb 1st, 2008 Oct 21st, 2007
Codename Brisbane Allendale
Generation Athlon 64 X2 Core 2 Duo
Part ADO5600IAA5DO HH80557PG0562M
Memory support unknown Dual-channel DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2 Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 2 2
Total Threads 2 2
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics

Cache

Cache L1 256K 64K
Cache L2 512K 2MB

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes
AMD-V Yes
AMD64 Yes
EIST Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
NX bit Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
VT Yes
iAMT2 Yes

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