AMD A8-3870K vs Intel Xeon E5-2603 v2

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket FM1 Intel Socket 2011
Process size 32 nm 22 nm
Transistors 1,178 million 1,400 million
Die size 228 mm² 160 mm²
Package µPGA
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 3 GHz 1800 MHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 30.0x 18.0x
Multiplier unlocked Yes No
Voltage 1.4125 V
TDP 100 W 80 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Server/Workstation
Production status End-of-life unknown
Release date Dec 20th, 2011 Sep 1st, 2013
Codename Llano Ivy Bridge-EP
Generation A8 Xeon E5
Part AD3870WNZ43GXAD3870WNGXBOX SR1AY
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel DDR3 Quad-channel
ECC memory No Yes
PCI Express Gen 3

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 10MB (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-NI Yes
AMD-V Yes
AMD64 Yes
AVX Yes
CnQ Yes
ECC Yes
EIST Yes
EPT Yes
F16C 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-d Yes
VT-x Yes
XD bit Yes

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