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AMD Phenom™ X3 Triple-Core Processor
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Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
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Infrastructure |
socket AM2+ |
Socket LGA 775 |
Process Technology |
65 nanometer, SOI (silicon on insulator) |
65 nanometer |
Number of Transistors |
450 million |
291 million |
64-bit Instruction Set Support |
Yes, AMD64 Technology |
Yes, EM64T |
| Enhanced Virus Protection** |
Yes |
Yes, Execute Disable Bit |
| System Bus Technology |
HyperTransport™ Technology up to 3600MT/s full duplex, or up to 14.4GB/s I/O Bandwidth |
Front Side Bus up to 1066 MHz, Half duplex |
| Integrated Memory Controller |
128-bit + 16-bit ECC unbuffered PC2 8500 (DDR2-1066*); PC2 6400(DDR2-800), PC2 5300(DDR2-667), PC2 4200(DDR2-533), PC2 3200(DDR2-400) |
No, discrete logic device on motherboard |
| Total Processor-to-System Bandwidth |
HyperTransport Technology: up to 3600MT/s full duplex, or up to 14.4GB/s I/O Bandwidth
Memory bandwidth: up to 12.8 GB/s dual channel memory bandwidth
Total: up to 27.2 GB/s
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Total FSB: up to 17.0 GB/s |
| 3D & Multimedia instructions |
3DNow!™ Technology, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a |
SSE, SSE2, SSE3 |
| Chipset support |
ATI: Radeon Series chipsets
NVIDIA: Nforce Series chipsets |
Intel: 975, 965, 963, 946
NVIDIA: Nforce Series chipsets
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| Total Designed Power (TDP) |
95W |
65 or 95W |
