AMD A8-3870K vs Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9300

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket FM1 Intel Socket P
Process size 32 nm 45 nm
Transistors 1,178 million unknown
Die size 228 mm² 2x 107 mm²
Package µPGA FC-PGA
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 3 GHz 2.534 GHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 100 MHz 266 MHz
Multiplier 30.0x 9.5x
Multiplier unlocked Yes Yes
Voltage 1.4125 V 1.175 V
TDP 100 W 45 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Mobile
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Dec 20th, 2011 Aug 1st, 2008
Codename Llano Penryn QC XE
Generation A8 Core 2 Extreme
Part AD3870WNZ43GXAD3870WNGXBOX SLB5J
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel unknown
ECC memory No No

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
Cache L2 1MB (per core) 6MB (per die)

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. unlocked clock multiplier

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
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4A Yes
SSSE3 Yes
TXT Yes
VT-x Yes
XD bit Yes
iAMT2 Yes

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