CPU Comparison

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AMD

AMD

AMD Opteron 4256 EE

CORE STATE Valencia

CORE SPECS 8 Cores / 8 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 1600 Base / 2.8 GHz Turbo

CACHE 8 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 35W

ARCHITECTURE Bulldozer

nm

PROCESS 32 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2011

VS

i

Intel

INTEL

Core i7-2960XM

CORE STATE Sandy Bridge

CORE SPECS 4 Cores / 8 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.7 Base / 3.7 GHz Turbo

CACHE 8 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 55W

ARCHITECTURE Sandy Bridge

nm

PROCESS 32 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2011

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

N/A

402

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

N/A

56

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

N/A

1,677

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

N/A

236

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

N/A

3,993

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

N/A

563

geekbench_multicore

N/A

1,851

geekbench_singlecore

N/A

581

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

Opteron 4256 EE

i7-2960XM

Core Specs

Cores

8

4 -50.0%

Threads

8

8 0.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

1,600

2.7 -99.8%

Boost Clock (GHz)

2.8

3.7 +32.1%

Frequency (GHz)

1,600

2.7 -99.8%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

2.8

3.7 +32.1%

Multiplier

8

27 +237.5%

SMP CPUs

2

1 -50.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

384 KB

64 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

8 MB

256 KB (per core)

L3 Cache

8 MB (shared)

8 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

35

55 +57.1%

ACP

32 W

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Architecture

Architecture

Bulldozer

Sandy Bridge

Codename

Valencia

Sandy Bridge

Generation

Opteron (Valencia)

Core i7 Extreme (Sandy Bridge)

Process Size

32 nm

32 nm

Transistors

1,200 million

1,160 million

Die Size

315 mm²

216 mm²

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR3

DDR3

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

25.6 GB/s

25.6 GB/s

ECC Memory

Yes

No

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket C32

Intel Socket G2 (988B)

Chipsets

—

QM67, HM67

PCIe

Gen 2

Gen 2, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

—

Intel HD 3000

Other

Market

Server/Workstation

Mobile

Production Status

End-of-life

End-of-life

Launch Price

$377

$1096

Part Number

OS4256HJU8KGU

SR02FQ1NA

Package

FC-LGA1207

rPGA

Tj Max

64°C

100°C

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