AMD A10-6790K vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400S

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket FM2 Intel Socket 775
Process size 32 nm 45 nm
Transistors 1,178 million 456 million
Die size 246 mm² 2x 82 mm²
Package µPGA FC-LGA6
tCaseMax 74°C 76°C
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 4 GHz 2.666 GHz
Turbo clock up to 4.3 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 333 MHz
Multiplier 40.0x 8.0x
Multiplier unlocked Yes No
Voltage 1.475 V 0.9 V
TDP 100 W 65 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status Active End-of-life
Release date Oct 28th, 2013 Apr 19th, 2009
Codename Richland Yorkfield
Generation A10 Core 2 Quad
Part AD679KWOA44HL SLGT7
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 4 4
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Radeon HD 8670D

Cache

Cache L1 128K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 1MB (per core) 4MB (shared)

Notes

Notes This processor comes with an unlocked base clock multiplier, allowing users to set the multiplier value higher than shipped value, to facilitate better overclocking.

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes
AMD-V Yes
AMD64 Yes
CnQ Yes
EIST Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
NX bit Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4A Yes
iAMT2 Yes

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