CPU Comparison
AMD
AMD Athlon 1266
CORE STATE
Thunderbird C
CORE SPECS
1 Cores / 1 Threads
CLOCK SPEED
1266 Base
CACHE
—
MAX TDP
66W
ARCHITECTURE
K7
PROCESS
180 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2001
VS
INTEL
Core i7-975
CORE STATE
Bloomfield
CORE SPECS
4 Cores / 8 Threads
CLOCK SPEED
3.33 Base / 3.6 GHz Turbo
CACHE
8 MB (shared)
MAX TDP
130W
ARCHITECTURE
Nehalem
PROCESS
45 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2009
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore
cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore
cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore
cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore
cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
Athlon 1266
i7-975
Core Specs
Cores
1
4
+300.0%
Threads
1
8
+700.0%
Base Clock (GHz)
1,266
3.33
-99.7%
Boost Clock (GHz)
—
3.6
Frequency (GHz)
1,266
3.33
-99.7%
Turbo Clock (GHz)
—
3.6
Multiplier
9.5
25
+163.2%
SMP CPUs
1
1
0.0%
Cache
L1 Cache
128 KB
64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache
256 KB
256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache
—
8 MB (shared)
Power
TDP (W)
66
130
+97.0%
Architecture
Architecture
K7
Nehalem
Codename
Thunderbird C
Bloomfield
Generation
Athlon Model 4
(Thunderbird C)
Core i7 Extreme
(Bloomfield)
Process Size
180 nm
45 nm
Transistors
37 million
731 million
Die Size
120 mm²
263 mm²
Foundry
—
Intel
Memory
Memory Support
DDR1
Depends on motherboard
DDR3
Memory Bus
Single-channel
Triple-channel
Memory Bandwidth
2128 MB/s
25.6 GB/s
ECC Memory
No
No
Platform
Socket
AMD Socket A
Intel Socket 1366
Chipsets
AMD 760, VIA KT133, KT266, KT333, KT400, KT600, KT880, SiS 730 Series, 740 Series, NVIDIA nForce, nForce2, ALi MAGiK 1, MAGiK 2
—
PCIe
—
Gen 2
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)
—
Other
Market
Desktop
Desktop
Production Status
End-of-life
End-of-life
Launch Price
—
$1059
Part Number
A1266AMS3C
SLBEQ
Package
CPGA
FC-LGA8
Bundled Cooler
—
Yes