The release of AMD Athlon II series marks processor market has entered into 45nm era. 45nm processors have lower power consumption, less heat as well as better performance than 65nm products.Therefore,they are popular among major consumers.

There are all kinds of 45nm products in current market,including high-end quad-core products,also mainstream and mid-and low-end tri-core and dual-core processors.Especially dual-core processors takes up a large market share.Many friends wants to learn about their difference.

45nm wafer

Thus, we select 16 dual-core models,based on 45nm process from Intel and AMD camps.

Intel camp include Pentium (E5000/E6000) and the Core 2 Duo (E7000/E8000) series. AMD camp choose new released Athlon II X2 and Phenom II X2 series.These competitors are Pentium E5300/5400/E6300/E6500, Core 2 E7400/E8400, Athlon II X2 240/245/250, as well as the Phenom II X2 545/550.

In addition, we also adds Intel Core 2 Duo series,including Core 2 E7200/E7300/E7500/E8200/E8300.