AMD A8-3850 vs Intel Xeon E5606

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket FM1 Intel Socket 1366
Process size 32 nm 32 nm
Transistors 1,178 million 1,170 million
Die size 228 mm² 239 mm²
Package µPGA FC-LGA10
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 2.9 GHz 2.133 GHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 100 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 29.0x 16.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.4125 V 1.35 V
TDP 100 W 80 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Server/Workstation
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Jun 30th, 2011 Feb 14th, 2011
Codename Llano Westmere-EP
Generation A8 Xeon
Part AD3850WNZ43GXAD3850WNGXBOX SLC2N
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel DDR3 Triple-channel
ECC memory No Yes
PCI Express Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 4 4
SMP # CPUs 1 2
Integrated graphics Radeon HD 6550D

Cache

Cache L1 128K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 1MB (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 8MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes
4.8GT/s QPI Yes
AES-NI 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
SSE4.2 Yes
SSE4A Yes
SSSE3 Yes
TXT Yes
VT-x Yes
XD-Bit Yes

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