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AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core CPU |
Intel Pentium D Dual-Core CPU |
Infrastructure |
socket 939 |
LGA775 (limited motherboard support) |
Process Technology |
90 nanometer, SOI (silicon on insulator) |
90 nanometer |
Number of Transistors |
154 to 233 million |
230 million |
AMD 64 Instruction support |
Yes |
No, EM64T support only |
| Enhanced Virus Protection with supported
Operating Systems* |
Yes |
No, Execute Disable bit only |
| System Bus Technology |
HyperTransport™ technology up to 2000MHz, full duplex |
Front Side Bus @ 800 MHz, half duplex |
| Integrated Memory Controller |
128-bit + 16-bit ECC
unbuffered PC3200, PC 2700,
PC 2100, or PC1600 |
No, Discrete logic device on motherboard |
| Total Processor-to-System Bandwidth |
HyperTransport technology: up to 8.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth: up to 6.4 GB/s
Total: up to 14.4 GB/s |
Total: up to 6.4 GB/s |
| 3D & Multimedia instructions |
3DNow!(TM) technology, SSE2, SSE3 |
SSE2, SSE3 |
| Chipset support |
NVIDIA: Nforce4 Series chipsets
ATI: Radeon Xpress 200 Series chipsets
VIA: K8 Series chipsets
SiS: 75x Series chipsets or greater |
Intel: 945/955 Series only
NVIDIA: Nforce4 Series chipsets |
| Total Designed Power (TDP) |
89W or 110W |
95W or 130W
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