AMD Athlon 220GE vs Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770

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Combined performance score

Core 2 Extreme QX9770
3.00
+4.2%

Core 2 Extreme QX9770 outperforms Athlon 220GE by 4% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Core 2 Extreme QX9770 and Athlon 220GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking15211543
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.724.72
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataAMD Athlon
Architecture codenameYorkfield (2007−2009)Zen (2017−2020)
Release dateMarch 2008 (16 years old)1 June 2018 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$65
Current price$790 $180 (2.8x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Athlon 220GE has 556% better value for money than Core 2 Extreme QX9770.

Technical specs

Core 2 Extreme QX9770 and Athlon 220GE 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed3.2 GHz3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.4 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)96K (per core)
L2 cache12 MB (shared)512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die size2x 107 mm2209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperature56 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)55 °Cno data
Number of transistors820 million4,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierYesNo
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Extreme QX9770 and Athlon 220GE 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)
SocketLGA775AM4
Power consumption (TDP)136 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Extreme QX9770 and Athlon 220GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
FMAno data+
AVXno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Core 2 Extreme QX9770 and Athlon 220GE technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Extreme QX9770 and Athlon 220GE are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Extreme QX9770 and Athlon 220GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data42.671 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Extreme QX9770 and Athlon 220GE.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Core 2 Extreme QX9770 3.00
+4.2%
Athlon 220GE 2.88

Core 2 Extreme QX9770 outperforms Athlon 220GE by 4% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Core 2 Extreme QX9770 4611
+4.1%
Athlon 220GE 4429

Core 2 Extreme QX9770 outperforms Athlon 220GE by 4% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 3.00 2.88
Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 136 Watt 35 Watt

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Extreme QX9770 and Athlon 220GE. The differences in performance seem too small.


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