AMD A8-9600 vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ EE

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM4 AMD Socket AM2
Process size 28 nm 90 nm
Transistors 1,178 million 154 million
Die size 246 mm² 220 mm²
Package µPGA µPGA
tCaseMax 74°C

Performance

Frequency 3.1 GHz 2.6 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.4 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 200 MHz
Multiplier 31.0x 13.0x
Multiplier unlocked Yes No
Voltage 1.475 V 1.25 V
TDP 65 W 65 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status Active End-of-life
Release date Jul 27th, 2017 Feb 1st, 2007
Codename Bristol Ridge Windsor
Generation A8 Athlon 64 X2
Part AD9600AGM44AB ADO5000IAA5CZ
Memory support DDR4 Dual-channel unknown 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 R7

Cache

Cache L1 128K (per core) 256K
Cache L2 1MB (per core) 1MB

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. "EE" signifies Energy Efficient.

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes Yes
AES Yes
AMD-V Yes Yes
AMD64 Yes Yes
AVX Yes
AVX2 Yes
BMI1 Yes
BMI2 Yes
EVP Yes
F16C Yes
FMA3 Yes
FMA4 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4 Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes
SSE4A Yes
TBM Yes
Turbo Core Yes
XOP Yes

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