AMD A6-3500 vs Intel Pentium G6960

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket FM1 Intel Socket 1156
Process size 32 nm 32 nm
Transistors 1,178 million 382 million
Die size 228 mm² 81 mm²
Package µPGA FC-LGA10
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 2.1 GHz 2.933 GHz
Turbo clock up to 2.4 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 21.0x 22.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.4125 V 1.4 V
TDP 65 W 73 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Aug 17th, 2011 Jan 9th, 2011
Codename Llano Clarkdale
Generation A6 Pentium
Part AD3500OJZ33GXAD3500OJGXBOX SLBT6
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Cores

Total Cores 3 2
Total Threads 3 2
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Radeon HD 6530D Intel HD

Cache

Cache L1 128K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 1MB (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 3MB (shared)

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
SSE4A Yes
SSSE3 Yes
Smart Cache Yes
Turbo Core Yes
VT-x Yes
XD bit Yes

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