AMD Sempron 150 vs Intel Pentium 957

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM3 Intel BGA 1023
Process size 45 nm 32 nm
Transistors 234 million 504 million
Die size 117 mm² 131 mm²
Package µPGA rPGA
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 2.9 GHz 1200 MHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 200 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 14.5x 12.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.35 V
TDP 45 W 17 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Mobile
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Dec 7th, 2010 Jun 19th, 2011
Codename Sargas Sandy Bridge
Generation Sempron Pentium
Part SDX150HBK13GMSDX150HBGMBOX SR089
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2

Cores

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

Cache

Cache L1 128K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 1MB (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 2MB (shared)

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
SSE4.2 Yes
SSE4A Yes
SSSE3 Yes
Smart Cache Yes
XD bit Yes

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