Mobile Athlon 64 3400+ vs Core 2 Extreme X7900

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Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Extreme X7900 and Mobile Athlon 64 3400+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2705not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 ExtremeMobile Athlon 64
Power efficiency1.50no data
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Clawhammer (2001−2005)
Release date1 September 2007 (17 years ago)August 2005 (19 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$851no data

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Extreme X7900 and Mobile Athlon 64 3400+ 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 cores2 (Dual-core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads21
Base clock speed2.8 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus rate800 MHz800 MHz
L1 cache128 KB128K
L2 cache4 MB1 MB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography65 nmno data
Die size143 mm2193 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data106 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1.1V-1.375Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Extreme X7900 and Mobile Athlon 64 3400+ 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
SocketPPGA478754
Power consumption (TDP)44 Watt62 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Extreme X7900 and Mobile Athlon 64 3400+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States-no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
AMT+no data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Extreme X7900 and Mobile Athlon 64 3400+ 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 X7900 and Mobile Athlon 64 3400+ are enumerated here.

VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Extreme X7900 and Mobile Athlon 64 3400+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1DDR1

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



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.

Core 2 Extreme X7900 1104
+232%
Mobile Athlon 64 3400+ 333

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Core 2 Extreme X7900 31.05
+172%
Mobile Athlon 64 3400+ 84.5

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 1
Threads 2 1
Power consumption (TDP) 44 Watt 62 Watt

Core 2 Extreme X7900 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 40.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Extreme X7900 and Mobile Athlon 64 3400+. We've got no test results to judge.


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