AMD A10-7890K vs Intel Core i7-870S

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket FM2+ Intel Socket 1156
Process size 28 nm 45 nm
Transistors 1,178 million 774 million
Die size 246 mm² 296 mm²
Package µPGA FC-LGA8
tCaseMax 74°C
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 4 GHz 2.666 GHz
Turbo clock up to 4.3 GHz up to 3.6 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 40.0x 20.0x
Multiplier unlocked Yes No
Voltage 1.475 V 1.4 V
TDP 95 W 82 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status Active End-of-life
Release date Jan 11th, 2016 Jul 19th, 2010
Codename Godaveri Lynnfield
Generation A10 Core i7
Part unknown SLBQ7
Memory support DDR3 DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Cores

Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 4 8
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Radeon R7

Cache

Cache L1 128K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 1MB (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 8MB (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
HTT Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
NX bit Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4 Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes
SSE4A Yes
SSSE3 Yes
TBT Yes
TXT Yes
VT-d Yes
VT-x Yes
XD-Bit Yes

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