CPU Comparison

A

AMD

AMD

AMD Opteron X2 290

CORE STATE Italy

CORE SPECS 2 Cores / 2 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.8 Base

CACHE —

MAX TDP 95W

ARCHITECTURE K8

nm

PROCESS 90 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2006

VS

i

Intel

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

nm

PROCESS 45 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2009

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

N/A

301

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

N/A

1,256

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

N/A

177

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

N/A

2,992

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

N/A

422

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

Opteron X2 290

i7-975

Core Specs

Cores

2

4 +100.0%

Threads

2

8 +300.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

2.8

3.33 +18.9%

Boost Clock (GHz)

—

3.6

Frequency (GHz)

2.8

3.33 +18.9%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

—

3.6

Multiplier

14

25 +78.6%

SMP CPUs

2

1 -50.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

128 KB (per core)

64 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1 MB (per core)

256 KB (per core)

L3 Cache

—

8 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

95

130 +36.8%

Architecture

Architecture

K8

Nehalem

Codename

Italy

Bloomfield

Generation

Opteron X2 (Italy)

Core i7 Extreme (Bloomfield)

Process Size

90 nm

45 nm

Transistors

233 million

731 million

Die Size

—

263 mm²

Foundry

—

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR1

DDR3

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Triple-channel

Memory Bandwidth

6400 MB/s

25.6 GB/s

ECC Memory

Yes

No

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket 940

Intel Socket 1366

PCIe

Gen 2

Gen 2

Other

Market

Server/Workstation

Desktop

Production Status

End-of-life

End-of-life

Launch Price

—

$1059

Part Number

OSA290FAA6CB

SLBEQ

Package

µPGA

FC-LGA8

Bundled Cooler

—

Yes

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