AMD A8-3520M vs AMD FX-6300

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket FS1 AMD Socket AM3+
Process size 32 nm 32 nm
Transistors 1,178 million 1,200 million
Die size 228 mm² 315 mm²
Package µPGA µPGA

Performance

Frequency 1600 MHz 3.5 GHz
Turbo clock up to 2.5 GHz up to 4.1 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 200 MHz
Multiplier 16.0x 17.5x
Multiplier unlocked No Yes
Voltage 1.4125 V 1.4 V
TDP 35 W 95 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Mobile Desktop
Production status End-of-life Active
Release date Dec 20th, 2011 Oct 23rd, 2012
Codename Llano Vishera
Generation A8 FX
Part AM3520DDX43GX FD6300WMHKBOX
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 4 6
Total Threads 4 6
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Radeon HD 6620G

Cache

Cache L1 128K (per core) 288K
Cache L2 1MB (per core) 6MB
Cache L3 8MB (shared)

Notes

Notes 444MHz integrated graphics core frequency 16KB L1 data cache per core. 64KB L1 instruction cache shared per two cores (per module). 2MB L2 cache shared per two cores (per module). This processor comes with an unlocked multiplier, allowing users to set the multiplier value higher than the shipped

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes
AES Yes
AMD-V Yes Yes
AMD64 Yes Yes
AVX Yes
CLMUL Yes
CVT16 Yes
EVP Yes
FMA4 Yes
HT3.1 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
NX bit Yes
Power Now! Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes
SSE4A Yes Yes
SSSE3 Yes
Turbo Core Yes
XOP Yes

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