AMD A8-5500B vs Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket FM2 Intel Socket 775
Process size 32 nm 65 nm
Transistors 1,178 million 291 million
Die size 246 mm² 143 mm²
Package µPGA FC-LGA6
tCaseMax 71°C 60°C
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 3.2 GHz 2.933 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.7 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 266 MHz
Multiplier 32.0x 11.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.475 V 1.34 V
TDP 65 W 75 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status unknown End-of-life
Release date Oct 2nd, 2012 Jul 27th, 2006
Codename Trinity Conroe XE
Generation A8 Core 2 Extreme
Part AD550BOKA44HJ SL9S5
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 4 2
Total Threads 4 2
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Radeon HD 7560D

Cache

Cache L1 128K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 1MB (per core) 4MB (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
VT Yes
iAMT2 Yes

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