CES 2009: AMD Launches Phenom II X4 Processors

Author: Cássio Lima Date: January 8, 2009 - 1:52 PM PST Category: CPU More Info: http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRoom/0,,51_104_543~1296... Real-time pricing for ASUS SABERTOOTH990FX ASUS Sabertooth 990FX AM3 TUF Series ATX AMD DDR3 1800 Motherboards Asus SABERTOOTH Electronics Usually ships in 24 hours Amazon: $184.99 Newegg: $184.99 TigerDirect: $174.99 CompUSA: $174.99 Paired with Dragon platform launch, AMD has unveiled its new Phenom processor generation, named Phenom II. The main difference between Phenom and Phenom II processors is basically manufacturing process. While Phenom II is built in 45-nm process, Phenom is built in 65-nm process. So Phenom II can achieve higher clocks, has a lower power consumption and has a lot more transistor than Phenom processors from previous generation (just to let you know, Phenom II has 758 million transistors, while Phenom has 450 million transistors). According to AMD Phenom II is 20% faster than Phenom processor from previous generation. Two Phenom II X4 (four cores) has been launched, as you can see on the table below. Model Internal Clock TDP L3 Cache Socket Price 920 3 GHz 125 W 6 MB AM2+ USD 275 940 2.8 GHz 125 W 6 MB AM2+ USD 235 Print Version | Send to Friend | Bookmark Article | Comments (0)

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