IBM Falcon vs Sony Emotion Engine

IBM Falcon
Sony Emotion Engine
3 Cores
6 Threads
3.2GHz Clock
1 Core
2 Threads
300MHz Clock
Socket
Unknown
Socket
540 PBGA
iGPU
No GPU
iGPU
No GPU
  • 1067% higher vs Emotion Engine
  • 91% lower vs Falcon
Falcon - 175W
x11.67
Emotion Engine - 15W
x1
Manufacturer
IBM
Manufacturer
Sony
Architecture
Cell PPE
Architecture
MIPS
Family
-
Family
-
Instruction Set (ISA)
PowerPC
Instruction Set (ISA)
MIPS III
Codename
Falcon
Waternoose
Codename
-
MIPS R5900
Market Segment
Console
Market Segment
Console
Release Date
10/27/2007
Release Date
3/4/2000
Foundry
IBM
Foundry
Sony
Node
65nm
Node
250nm
Die Size
133 mm²
Die Size
240 mm²
Transistor Count
165 Million
Transistor Count
11 Million
Unknown
 540 PBGA
3 Cores
1 Core
6 Threads
2 Threads
3.2GHz
300MHz
Overclocking
Locked
Overclocking
Locked
Type
FSB
Type
FSB
Clock
1350MHz
Clock
150MHz
Data Rate
Single
Data Rate
Single
Transfer Rate
1.4GT/s
Transfer Rate
150MT/s
Width
64Bit
Width
128Bit
Bandwidth
10.8GB/s
Bandwidth
2.4GB/s
Bi-directional
21.6GB/s
-
-
L1 Instruction
32KB/Core
2-way set associative
L1 Instruction
16KB/Core
2-way set associative
L1 Data
32KB/Core
4-way set associative
L1 Data
8KB/Core
2-way set associative
L2
-
-
1MB Shared
8-way set associative
L2
16KB/Core
4-way set associative
-
-
No Memory Controller
Channels
2
Max Memory
0GB
ECC
Not Supported
Bus Width/Channel
16Bit
Bus Width
32Bit
Clock
400MHz
Transfer Rate
800MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
1.6GB/s
Bandwidth
3.2GB/s
TDP
175W
TDP
15W
No PCIe
No PCIe
No GPU
No GPU
No NPU
No NPU
No Cellular
No Cellular
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