AMD A12-9800E vs Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM4 Intel Socket 775
Process size 28 nm 65 nm
Transistors 1,178 million 291 million
Die size 246 mm² 143 mm²
Package µPGA FC-LGA6
tCaseMax 74°C 60°C
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 3.1 GHz 2.933 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.8 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 266 MHz
Multiplier 31.0x 11.0x
Multiplier unlocked Yes No
Voltage 1.475 V 1.34 V
TDP 35 W 75 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status Active End-of-life
Release date Jul 27th, 2017 Jul 27th, 2006
Codename Bristol Ridge Conroe XE
Generation A12 Core 2 Extreme
Part AD9800AHM44AB SL9S5
Memory support DDR4 Dual-channel DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 4 2
Total Threads 4 2
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Radeon R7

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
AES Yes
AMD-V Yes
AMD64 Yes
AVX Yes
AVX2 Yes
BMI1 Yes
BMI2 Yes
EIST Yes
EVP Yes
F16C Yes
FMA3 Yes
FMA4 Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4 Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes
SSE4A Yes
TBM Yes
Turbo Core Yes
VT Yes
XOP Yes
iAMT2 Yes

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