Athlon 3000G vs i7-975 Extreme Edition

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Comparing Core i7-975 Extreme Edition and Athlon 3000G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot rated1645
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data5.27
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Core i7EEAMD Athlon
Architecture codenameNehalem (2008−2010)Zen+ (2018−2019)
Release date2 June 2009 (15 years ago)7 November 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$49

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i7-975 Extreme Edition and Athlon 3000G 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)
Threads84
Base clock speedno data3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.33 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus typeQPIPCIe 3.0
Bus rate6.4 GT/sno data
Multiplier2535
L1 cacheno data192 KB
L2 cache1 MB1 MB
L3 cache8 MB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die size263 mm2209.78 mm2?
Number of transistors731 Million4940 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-975 Extreme Edition and Athlon 3000G 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
Socketno dataAM4
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-975 Extreme Edition and Athlon 3000G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
PowerNow-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-975 Extreme Edition and Athlon 3000G are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-975 Extreme Edition and Athlon 3000G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size24 GB64 GB?
Maximum memory bandwidthno data42.671 GB/s

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 i7-975 Extreme Edition and Athlon 3000G.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 June 2009 7 November 2019
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 35 Watt

i7-975 Extreme Edition has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Athlon 3000G, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 271.4% lower power consumption.

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