Rivals of CPU processors !

As we know There are two big companies in market which are rivals of each other from years in manufacturing and marketing of CPU processor !!

Any ways let me introduce both : Intel & AMD

Lets compare some latest released processors and get known which is better to buy as per our money budget

                                                              !  AMD PROCESSORS  ! 

• AMD introduces  8400 Series ( heavy range of processors with 6 cores ) which costs about 

  Six-Core  AMD Opteron 8425 HE                                                                    $1,514
  Six-Core  AMD Opteron 8431                                                                         $2,149
  Six-Core  AMD Opteron 8435                                                                         $2,649
  Six-Core AMD Opteron 8439                                                                          $2,649

                Pricing which is listed above are as per AMD.com own listing !
            

• so here as we have seen AMD introduce some new Athlon II processors , which are basically same X2 , X3 , X4 as before simply with 100 hz speed bump ,while cutting down the prices of  slower Athlon II models 
• Introduced , The Phenom II X3 720 OEM(No CPU Cooler and 30 days warranty) is now prices $ 100  instead of   $ 120 ! 
• So overall the thing whats going on is that that AMD almost introduce high ranged processors so that if  you want to buy any new faster processor about Dual Core you can get that cheaper than before  ! 

                                                    !  INTEL PROCESSORS  !                 
        

             Intel released the Core i5-760 2.8GHz at the $210 price point and also lowered the price of the        LGA1156 Core i7 870 down to $290, the same price as the slower Core i7 860, suggesting that it might just replace the two older and slower models by the newer and faster ones eventually.


For Extreme Use  but not for workstations and servers ! 



Intel® Core™ i7 processor Extreme Edition 
Desktop (LGA 1366/1156)  i7-980X (12M L3 cache, 6 Cores, 12 Threads, 3.33 GHz 6.40 GT/sec Intel® QPI 32nm) $999  


Specially for servers and workstations 
    Quad Core Intel® Itanium® processor


9350 (24M L3 cache, 4 Cores, 8 Threads, 1.73 GHz (185W)  $3,838 
9340 (20M L3 cache, 4 Cores, 8 Threads, 1.60 GHz (185W)  $2,059 
9330 (20M L3 cache, 4 Cores, 8 Threads, 1.46 GHz (155W)  $2,059
9320 (16M L3 cache, 4 Cores, 8 Threads, 1.33 GHz (155W)  $1,614 
9310 (10M L3 cache, 2 Cores, 4 Threads, 1.60 GHz (130W)  $946  


    Intel® Xeon® processor 7500 series, 8, 6 and 4 core versions



X7560 (24M L3 cache, 8 Cores, 16 Threads, 2.26 GHz (130W) 6.40 GT/sec Intel® QPI 45nm) $3,692 
X7550 (18M L3 cache, 8 Cores, 16 Threads, 2.00 GHz (130W) 6.40 GT/sec Intel® QPI 45nm) $2,729
E7540 (18M L3 cache, 6 Cores, 12 Threads, 2.00 GHz (105W) 6.40 GT/sec Intel® QPI 45nm) $1,980 
E7530 (18M L3 cache, 6 Cores, 12 Threads, 1.86 GHz (105W) 5.86 GT/sec Intel® QPI 45nm) $1,391 
E7520 (18M L3 cache, 4 Cores, 8 Threads, 1.86 GHz (95W) 4.80 GT/sec Intel® QPI 45nm) $856 
L7555 (24M L3 cache, 8 Cores, 16 Threads, 1.86 GHz (95W) 5.86 GT/sec Intel® QPI 45nm) $3,157 
L7545 (18M L3 cache, 6 Cores, 12 Threads, 1.86 GHz (95W) 5.86 GT/sec Intel® QPI 45nm) $2,087 
X7542 (18M L3 cache, 6 Cores, 6 Threads, 2.66 GHz (130W) 5.86 GT/sec Intel® QPI 45nm) $1,980




 So Both are good in their ways but still intel is # 1 company in processors !! but AMD is not so far ! 


        Personal advice to readers if you have tight budget then go with AMD so that you will get same thing which would get from intel  ! AMD is cheaper than Intel !   ~ Ax102 

Difference between Core i5 and Core i7 processor

Now this is the world of speed! And you know Intel has launched it's i3, i5, and i7 processor before some time. Here I will talk about main difference between Intel's i5 and i7 processor.

The i7 uses hyperthreading on it`s die. So each die has 2 cores instead of one. Giving it 8 cores total. The i5 does not have it making it just a newer quad core. So that is why the i7 costs so much more then the i5. But in most real world apps you wouldnt notice the difference with the 8 cores because most programs dont know how to take advantage of them yet.

All Core i5 600 series products use the LGA1156 socket and will fit into any motherboard with that socket. While the Core i5 700 series processors are LGA1156 processors and will fit into any motherboard with that socket, it should be remembered that these processors have no integrated graphics processor. 

In the future, the Core i5 line will remain on the LGA1156 socket, although Intel could add some variants of LGA1156. Core i7 will be split between LGA1156 and LGA1366.

Intel Core i5 processor features:

* Mid range processor.

* 2-4 Cores

* 4 Threads

* Turbo Mode (turn off core if not used)

* Hyper-Threading (efficient use of processor resources)

* 3-8 MB Catche

* 32-45 nm Silicon (less heat and energy)

Intel Core i7 processor features:

* High end processor.

* 4 Cores

* 8 Threads

* Turbo Mode (turn off core if not used)

* Hyper-Threading (efficient use of processor resources)

* 4-8 MB Catche

* 32-45 nm Silicon (less heat and energy)

new Core i5 processors are far more evolutionary than revolutionary. While these new processors are actually quite a bit different from the Core i7 processors currently available, many features, such as the enhanced turbo boost and dual-channel memory, are shared with new Core i7 processors.

Intel, AMD vie to rewire PC's brain

Intel and AMD are off to the races again. This time it's about making PCs not just faster, but more versatile.

The two longstanding PC chip rivals seem to agree, roughly, on one thing: the need to meld the two key PC chips, the central and graphics processing units, into one processor. But they both bring different strengths to achieve that end.

Why combine chips? Put simply, it takes less energy to move electrons across a chip than to move those same electrons between two chips, so this saves energy, resulting in better battery life for laptops. A point made by Insight 64 principal analyst Nathan Brookwood in a white paper written for AMD, but which, in some fundamental respects, applies equally to Intel.

Heterogeneous computing combines functions typically found on a graphics processor with the main CPU chip.

(Credit: AMD)

And CPUs and GPUs are suited to different kinds of computing. CPUs can handle a broad array of tasks, while GPUs are more specialized but much faster at certain types of operations. Future heterogeneous chips could find photos and videos in your library that contain particular faces or places. Or recognize your face when you log in. In short, putting both capabilities on one piece of silicon creates a brainier chip with more processing brawn.

The question, of course, is which company will deliver the goods and drive cutting-edge PC--particularly laptop--designs in 2011? AMD claims that because it is also a supplier of GPUs, via its ATI graphics chip unit, its products are more forward-looking because of the increased emphasis on graphics that tap into key multimedia technologies like Microsoft's DirectX and Apple's OpenCL.

"Intel is understandably more CPU centric. That's Intel's view," said John Taylor, director of marketing for Fusion at AMD. "We're a provider (via ATI) of graphics chips. We're incorporating world-class GPU intellectual property into a new type of design. We look at the GPU in a consumer notebook as a very efficient compute engine as well as all of the wonderful 2D and 3D graphics capabilities," Taylor said, adding that Intel is just "sprinkling" low-level graphics on its CPUs.

Not surprisingly, Intel, the world's largest chipmaker, believes it has the upper hand because its cutting-edge manufacturing technology allows it to integrate more on a piece of silicon, sooner. Intel's Atom chip, for example, already melds two processing cores and the graphics function on a single piece of silicon.

And Intel was the first--early this year--to move to 32-nanometer technology, which allows the chipmaker to cram more functions onto the chip. (Globalfoundries, AMD's manufacturing partner, won't make that move until 2011.) The upcoming 32-nanometer Sandy Bridge architecture from Intel will represent the fruition of this effort. "Sandy Bridge combines multiple cores together with the graphics circuitry on the same chip," said Mark Bohr, Intel senior fellow. "The fact that we're an aggregate device manufacturer allows us to do internal optimization of all of these pieces and bring out a leading-edge product sooner than other companies."

So, here's a brief overview of laptop-centric technologies that AMD and Intel are planning to roll out over the next 6 to 12 months or so. Consumers, of course, will ultimately decide who prevails.

AMD's Ontario (2010): 

• From-the-ground-up redesign; very-low-power x86 core 
• Single piece of silicon 
• Up to two CPU cores with a DirectX 11 ATI 5000 series GPU technology and new video decoder 
• Targeted at Netbook, ultrathin laptops, and all-in-one PCs 
• 40-nanometer "bulk" process; manufactured by TSMC*
• Due to ship in Q4 2010 with laptops due early 2011 

*Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company

AMD's Llano (2011): 

• Up to four CPU cores with DirectX 11 GPU, upgraded ATI 5000 series GPU technology and video decoder 
• Single piece of silicon 
• Targeted at mainstream and ultrathin laptops and certain desktop market segments 
• 32-nanometer High K metal gate process; manufactured by Globalfoundries 
• Due to ship in first half of 2011 

Intel's Sandy Bridge: 

• Single piece of silicon, combining CPU and GPU
• Faster on-chip communication: different parts talk via "improved inter-buses."
• Improvements to the way instructions are executed 
• New instructions to accelerate multimedia: Intel Advanced Vector Extension (AVX) instructions. 
• Improved Turbo Boost: slowing down, speeding up individual cores as needed. 
• Special circuits for handling transcoding (conversion of video/audio from one format to another) 
• 32-nanometer High K metal gate process 
• Due to ship in Q4 (more details to be revealed at the Intel Developer Forum in September). 

Intel's newest Atom for Netbooks:

• Up to 2 cores, 4 threads 
• CPU integrates GPU on the same die (single piece of silicon) 
• Low-power: dual-core version has maximum thermal envelope of 8.5 watts 
• Shipment date: now 

A few additional items worth noting:

High K metal: Intel has been building chips--since 2007-- with this transistor technology, which, generally yields chips that are faster and run cooler. AMD won't move to this technology until 2011.

32-nanometer: Intel has also been supplying 32-nanometer chips since early this year; AMD won't get there until 2011 but it is moving to an intermediate 40-nanometer process later this year.

AMD's "Bulldozer" core: This is a new 32-nanometer chip architecture due in the first half of 2011. Targeted initially at high-end desktop and servers, it will offer multi-threading, which increases the number of tasks a processing core can handle (Intel has been offering this for a long time). Bulldozer will yield high core counts (such as 8-core desktop chips) and support new x86 instructions, including SSE4.2 and AVX.