We already reported about the overclocking potential of 45 nm processors AMD deneb - engineering model overclock to the frequency 3.44 GHz. The energy consumption level of these processors, was also noticeably reduced.
Since deneb processors was not tested with socket AM3 motherboard , we can only assume their operation speed with DDR-3 memory , but here the speed data of DDR2 memory already exist.
Today appeared the screen shot and photographs of engineering model deneb, which works at 2.3 GHz frequency .
Compatibility with socket AM2/AM2+ motherboards remains, but in socket AM3 deneb processors can work with DDR-3 memory . In this test the processor were overclocked to 3.2 GHz with Vcore not more than 1.5 V. Energy consumption Tests proved that 45 nm phenom processors will be much more economical under load and in the rest state . If we speak about the comparison with 65 nm at equal frequencies, Deneb occurs faster by about 10% on average.
In certain cases advantage proves to more noticeable. The Prices of these processors will be also attractive.