AMD Phenom II vs Intel Core i7 - specifications

CPU Model	Athlon X2	Phenom	Phenom II
Dimensions	230 mm2	285 mm2	258 mm2
Transistor Count	227 M	450 M	758

The following table compares technical details of processors from both AMD and Intel:

	AMD Phenom	AMD Phenom II	Intel Core i7	Intel Core 2
Core	Agena / Toliman	Deneb	Bloomfield	Yorkfield / Wolfdale / Kentsfield / Conroe / Allendale
Manufacturing Process	65 nm	45 nm	45 nm	65 nm, 45 nm
Top Clock Speed	2.6 GHz	3.0 GHz	3.2 GHz	3.2 GHz
L1 Cache	64 + 64 KB	64 + 64 KB	32 + 32 KB	32 + 32 KB
L2 Cache	512 KB	512 KB	256 KB	4 MB
L3 Cache	2 MB	6 MB	8 MB	N/A
Max Power (TDP)	140 W	125 W	136 W	136 W
CPU <-> Northbridge	HyperTransport	HyperTransport	Quick Path Interconnect	Front Side Bus
CPU <-> CPU	HyperTransport	HyperTransport	Quick Path Interconnect	Northbridge Internal
Max Clock	3.2 GHz (25.6 GB/s)	3.2 GHz (25.6 GB/s)	6.4 GT/s (12.8 GB/s)	400 MHz (12.8 GB/s)
Min Clock	800 MHz (6.4 GB/s)	800 MHz (6.4 GB/s)	4.8 GT/s (9.0 GB/s)	200 MHz (6.4 GB/s)
Reference Clock	200 MHz	200 MHz	133 MHz	400 MHz, 333 MHz, 266 MHz, 200 MHz
64-bit Support	x86-64	x86-64	EM64T	EM64T
Hyper-Threading	N/A	N/A	Yes	N/A
Multimedia Extensions	MMX 3DNow! SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSE 4a	MMX 3DNow! SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSE 4a	MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4.1 SSE 4.2	MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4.1
Virtualization	Pacifica	Pacifica	VT	VT
Energy Saving	Cool'n'Quiet	Cool'n'Quiet 3.0	Enchanced Halt State (C1E), SpeedStep	Enchanced Halt State (C1E), SpeedStep
Thermal Protection	Thermal Diode	Thermal Diode	Thermal Monitor 2	Thermal Monitor 2
Virus Protection	XD bit	XD bit	XD bit	XD bit
Trusted Execution	Presidio	Presidio	LaGrandeTechnology	LaGrande Technology
Active Management	No	No	iAMT2 (V-Pro)	iAMT2 (V-Pro)