AMD A8-5550M vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W)

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket FS1r2 Intel Socket 775
Process size 32 nm 65 nm
Transistors 1,178 million 582 million
Die size 246 mm² 2x 143 mm²
Package µPGA FC-LGA6
tCaseMax 71°C 62°C
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 2.1 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.1 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 266 MHz
Multiplier 21.0x 9.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.475 V 1.34 V
TDP 35 W 95 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Mobile Desktop
Production status unknown End-of-life
Release date Jun 1st, 2013 Jul 23rd, 2007
Codename Richland Kentsfield
Generation A8 Core 2 Quad
Part AM5550DEC44HL SLACR
Memory support DDR3 DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 4 4
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Radeon HD 8550G

Cache

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

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes
AMD-V Yes
AMD64 Yes
CnQ Yes
EIST Yes
HTT 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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