AMD Z-60 vs Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9775. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Family
  AMD C Intel Core2 Duo
• CPU group
  AMD C Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9000
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop
• Generation
  1 2
• Predecessor
  -- No
• Successor
  -- No

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Frequency
  1.00 GHz 3.20 GHz

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9775 and AMD Z-60. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1066 DDR2-800 / DDR3-1066
• Max. Memory
  16 GB
• Memory channels
  1 2
• ECC
  No No
• PCIe
  No data

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Z-60 and Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9775 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  4.5 W 150 W
• TDP (PL2)
  -- No
• TDP up
  -- No
• TDP down
  -- No
• Tjunction max.
  -- 95 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Z-60 and AMD Z-60, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE3, SSE4a MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE 4.1
• L2-Cache
  -- 12.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  1.00 MB No
• Architecture
  Ontario (Bobcat) Yorkfield
• Technology
  40 nm 45 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-d
• Socket
  BGA 413 LGA 775
• Release date
  Q2/2011 Q1/2008