CPU Comparison
AMD
AMD Phenom II X3 720 BE
CORE STATE
Heka
CORE SPECS
3 Cores / 3 Threads
CLOCK SPEED
2.8 Base
CACHE
6 MB (shared)
MAX TDP
95W
ARCHITECTURE
K10
PROCESS
45 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2009
VS
INTEL
Core i7-940
CORE STATE
Bloomfield
CORE SPECS
4 Cores / 8 Threads
CLOCK SPEED
2.93 Base / 3.2 GHz Turbo
CACHE
8 MB (shared)
MAX TDP
130W
ARCHITECTURE
Nehalem
PROCESS
45 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2008
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
Phenom II X3 720 BE
i7-940
Core Specs
Cores
3
4
+33.3%
Threads
3
8
+166.7%
Base Clock (GHz)
2.8
2.93
+4.6%
Boost Clock (GHz)
โ
3.2
Frequency (GHz)
2.8
2.93
+4.6%
Turbo Clock (GHz)
โ
3.2
Multiplier
14
22
+57.1%
SMP CPUs
1
1
0.0%
Cache
L1 Cache
128 KB (per core)
64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache
512 KB (per core)
256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache
6 MB (shared)
8 MB (shared)
Power
TDP (W)
95
130
+36.8%
Architecture
Architecture
K10
Nehalem
Codename
Heka
Bloomfield
Generation
Phenom II X3
(Heka)
Core i7
(Bloomfield)
Process Size
45 nm
45 nm
Transistors
758 million
731 million
Die Size
258 mmยฒ
263 mmยฒ
Foundry
โ
Intel
Memory
Memory Support
DDR2, DDR3
DDR3
Memory Bus
Dual-channel
Triple-channel
Memory Bandwidth
21.3 GB/s
โ
ECC Memory
Yes
No
Platform
Socket
AMD Socket AM3
Intel Socket 1366
Chipsets
AMD 700 Series, AMD 800 Series, AMD 900 Series, nForce 630a, nForce 700a, nForce 900a
โ
PCIe
Gen 2
Gen 2
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)
โ
Other
Market
Desktop
Desktop
Production Status
End-of-life
End-of-life
Part Number
HDZ720WFK3DGIHDZ720WFGIBOX
SLBCK
Package
ยตPGA
FC-LGA8