AMD A8-5600K vs Intel Core i7-860S

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket FM2 Intel Socket 1156
Process size 32 nm 45 nm
Transistors 1,178 million 774 million
Die size 246 mm² 296 mm²
Package µPGA FC-LGA6
tCaseMax 74°C
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 3.6 GHz 2.533 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.9 GHz up to 3.466 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 36.0x 19.0x
Multiplier unlocked Yes No
Voltage 1.475 V 1.4 V
TDP 100 W 82 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status unknown End-of-life
Release date Oct 2nd, 2012 Jan 7th, 2010
Codename Trinity Lynnfield
Generation A8 Core i7
Part AD560KWOA44HJAD560KWOHJBOX SLBLG
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Cores

Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 4 8
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Radeon HD 7560D

Cache

Cache L1 128K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 1MB (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 8MB (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
AMD-V Yes
AMD64 Yes
CnQ Yes
EIST Yes
HTT Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
NX bit Yes
SMT Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.2 Yes
SSE4A Yes
TXT Yes
VT-x Yes
XD-Bit Yes

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