AMD Athlon X2 340 vs Intel Pentium 957 Full Specs

Summary

1 Cores 2 Threads 3.2GHz	2 Cores 2 Threads 1.2GHz
TDP 65W	TDP 17W
Bandwidth 25.6GB/s DDR3	Bandwidth 21.3GB/s DDR3
iGPU 0	iGPU 0
Socket FM2	Socket BGA 1023

Highlights

Max Bandwidth

Max Bandwidth TDP

Athlon X2 34025.6GB/s

x1.20

Pentium 95721.3GB/s

x1

Core Config

1 Cores	2 Cores
2 Threads	2 Threads

Clocks

Base Clock 3.2GHz	Base Clock 1.2GHz
Boost Clock 3.6GHz	Boost Clock -
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 64KB	L1i 32KB
L1d 16KB	L1d 32KB
L2 1MB	L2 256KB
L3 -	L3 2MB

Memory

Type DDR3	Type DDR3
Max Memory 32GB	Max Memory 8GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 2	Channels 2
Bus Width 128-bit	Bus Width 128-bit
Speed 1600MT/s	Speed 1333MT/s
Bandwidth 25.6GB/s	Bandwidth 21.3GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate1600MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 25.6GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate1333MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 21.3GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 65W	TDP 17W
Max Operating Temp -	Max Operating Temp 100°C Max

Chipset Bus

Bus Type UMI	Bus Type DMI
Bus Config 4 lanes	Bus Config 4 lanes
Bus Speed 4GT/s	Bus Speed 5GT/s
Bus Bandwidth 2GB/s	Bus Bandwidth 2.5GB/s

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 2.0 x20 10GB/sBandwidth

PCIe PCIe 2.0 x16 8GB/sBandwidth

Chip

Manufacturer AMD	Manufacturer Intel
ISA x86-64	ISA x86-64
Architecture Piledriver	Architecture Sandy Bridge
Family Athlon	Family Pentium
Branding	Branding
Codename Trinity VirgoDie -	Codename Gladden Sandy Bridge-M-2Die Sandy Bridge-2C-GT1Variant
Market Segment Desktop	Market Segment Laptop
Release Date Oct 1, 2012	Release Date Jun 19, 2011

Fabrication

Foundry GlobalFoundries	Foundry Intel
Fabrication Node 32nm	Fabrication Node 32nm
Die Size 246mm²	Die Size 131mm²
Transistor Count 1.3 Billion	Transistor Count 504 Million
Transistor Density 5 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 4 MTr/mm²

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