i7-920XM Extreme Edition vs Athlon II X4 620

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon II X4 620 and Core i7-920XM Extreme Edition processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2299not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.43no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Core i7EE
Power efficiency1.26no data
Architecture codenamePropus (2009−2011)Nehalem (2008−2010)
Release date16 September 2009 (15 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$65$1,054

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon II X4 620 and Core i7-920XM Extreme Edition basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads48
Base clock speed2.6 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz2 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI
Bus rateno data2.5 GT/s
Multiplierno data15
L1 cache128 KB (per core)256 KB
L2 cache512 KB (per core)1 MB
L3 cache0 KB8 MB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size169 mm2296 mm2
Number of transistors300 million774 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X4 620 and Core i7-920XM Extreme Edition compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketAM3no data
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II X4 620 and Core i7-920XM Extreme Edition. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Security technologies

Athlon II X4 620 and Core i7-920XM Extreme Edition technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X4 620 and Core i7-920XM Extreme Edition are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X4 620 and Core i7-920XM Extreme Edition. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3-1333
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X4 620 and Core i7-920XM Extreme Edition.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Threads 4 8
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 55 Watt

i7-920XM Extreme Edition has 100% more threads, and 72.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Athlon II X4 620 and Core i7-920XM Extreme Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon II X4 620 is a desktop processor while Core i7-920XM Extreme Edition is a notebook one.


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AMD Athlon II X4 620
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