Increase in transistor count on microprocessors since 1971

Electronics is breaking records everyday by its astonishing discoveries and achievements and the proof is in front of you i.e your mobile phones/PC10 years back no one can think of touch screen gadgets in daily life. But to daily advancement in electronics has made this impossible into possible.

Today we will see transistors count increase in the microprocessors from 1971 to present

  • Intel 4004 (1971) – 2300 transistors
  • Intel 8085 (1976) – 6500 transistors
  • Intel 80286 (1982) – 134 thousands transistors
  • Intel 80486 (1989) – 11.8 lakhs transistors
  • Intel Pentium pro (1995) – 55 lakhs transistors
  • AMD K6 (1997) – 88 lakhs transistors
  • Intel Pentium III (1999) – 95 lakhs transistors
  • Intel Pentium IV (2000) – 420 lakhs transistors
  • AMD K8 (2005) – 105 million transistors
  • Intel core 2 duo (2006) – 291 millions transistors
  • Intel core i7 (1st generation) 2008 – 731 million  transistors
  • Intel core i7 (2nd generation2011 – 1.16 billion transistors
  • Intel core i7 (3rd generation) 2012 – 1.4 billion transistors
  • Intel core i7 (4th generation) 2013 – 1.4 billion transistors
  • Intel core i7 (5th generation) 2015 – 1.9 billion transistors
  • AMD Ryzen (2017) -4.8 billion transistors
  • Intel core i9 (11th generation) 2021 – 6 billion transistors

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