Intel Pentium 755 vs AMD Phenom II X4 955 |
Released May, 2004
Intel Pentium 755
- 2 GHz
- Single core
Reasons to buy the Intel Pentium 755
 | Much lower typical power consumption 6.09W | | Much more l2 cache per core 2 MB/core |
| | Much lower annual home energy cost 1.81 $/year | | Much lower annual commercial energy cost 6.57 $/year |
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Released November, 2009
AMD Phenom II X4 955
- 3.2 GHz
- Quad core
- Unlocked
Reasons to buy the AMD Phenom II X4 955
| | Much newer manufacturing process 45 nm | | Significantly higher clock speed 3.2 GHz |
| | More advanced architecture x86-64 | | Has a NX bit Yes |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much lower typical power consumption | 6.09W | vs | 101.56W | 16.7x lower typical power consumption | |||
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| Much more l2 cache per core | 2 MB/core | vs | 0.5 MB/core | 4x more l2 cache per core | |||
| Much lower annual home energy cost | 1.81 $/year | vs | 30.11 $/year | 16.7x lower annual home energy cost | |||
| Much lower annual commercial energy cost | 6.57 $/year | vs | 109.5 $/year | 16.7x lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
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| Much newer manufacturing process | 45 nm | vs | 90 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
| Significantly higher clock speed | 3.2 GHz | vs | 2 GHz | More than 60% higher clock speed | |||
| More advanced architecture | x86-64 | vs | x86 | A 64-bit architecture allows more RAM to be installed and accessed by the processor | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; Prevents a common class of security exploits | |||
| Has virtualization support | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; Boosts performance of virtual machines | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.99 GHz | vs | 2.35 GHz | More than 70% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
| More cores | 4 | vs | 1 | 3 more cores; run more applications at once | |||
| Newer | Nov, 2009 | vs | May, 2004 | Release date over 5 years later | |||
| More threads | 4 | vs | 1 | 3 more threads | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.14 GHz | vs | 2 GHz | More than 2x better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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Features Key features of the Pentium 755 vs Phenom II X4 955
clock speed
L2 cache
overclocked clock speed (air)
overclocked clock speed (water)
TDP
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Pentium 755 | vs | Phenom II X4 955 |
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| Clock speed | 2 GHz | 3.2 GHz | |
| Cores | Single core | Quad core | |
| Socket type | |||
| 479 | |||
| AM3 | |||
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | No | Yes | |
| Has virtualization support | No | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE4a | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| 3DNow! | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 7.5W | 125W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 1.81 $/year | 30.11 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 6.57 $/year | 109.5 $/year | |
| Typical power consumption | 6.09W | 101.56W | |
details | Pentium 755 | vs | Phenom II X4 955 |
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| Architecture | x86 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 1 | 4 | |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 2 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 2 MB/core | 0.5 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 90 nm | 45 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
| Voltage range | 0.99 - 1.34V | 0.88 - 1.5V | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 2.35 GHz | 3.99 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 2 GHz | 4.14 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 2.35 GHz | 3.99 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
| GPU | None | None | |
| Label | N/A | N/A | |
| Latest DirectX | N/A | N/A | |
| Number of displays supported | N/A | N/A | |
| GPU clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
| Turbo clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
| 3DMark06 | N/A | N/A | |
bus | |||
| Clock speed | 400 MHz | 2,000 MHz | |
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