AMD Phenom II X4 B93 vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM3 Intel Socket 775
Process size 45 nm 45 nm
Transistors 758 million 820 million
Die size 258 mm² 2x 107 mm²
Package µPGA FC-LGA6
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 2.8 GHz 3 GHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 200 MHz 333 MHz
Multiplier 14.0x 9.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.425 V 1.3625 V
TDP 95 W 95 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Oct 1st, 2009 Aug 10th, 2008
Codename Deneb Yorkfield
Generation Phenom II X4 Core 2 Quad
Part HDXB93WFK4DGI SLB8W
Memory support DDR3 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) 6MB (per die)
Cache L3 6MB (shared)

Notes

Notes AMD Business Class processor, availability guaranteed for 24 months after release.

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
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4A Yes
TXT Yes
VT-x Yes
iAMT2 Yes

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