AMD A9-9420 SoC vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400S

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket FT4 Intel Socket 775
Process size 28 nm 45 nm
Transistors 1,200 million 456 million
Die size 124 mm² 2x 82 mm²
Package BGA FC-LGA6
tCaseMax 74°C 76°C
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 3 GHz 2.666 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.6 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 333 MHz
Multiplier 30.0x 8.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
TDP 15 W 65 W
Voltage 0.9 V

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Mobile Desktop
Production status Active End-of-life
Release date May 31st, 2016 Apr 19th, 2009
Codename Stoney Ridge Yorkfield
Generation A9 Core 2 Quad
Part AM9420AYN23AC SLGT7
Memory support DDR4 DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 2 4
Total Threads 2 4
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Radeon R5

Cache

Cache L1 128K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 1MB (per core) 4MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes
AES Yes
AMD-V Yes
AMD64 Yes
AVX Yes
AVX2 Yes
BMI1 Yes
BMI2 Yes
EIST Yes
EVP Yes
F16C Yes
FMA3 Yes
FMA4 Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4 Yes
SSE4.1 Yes Yes
SSE4.2 Yes
SSE4A Yes
TBM Yes
Turbo Core Yes
XOP Yes
iAMT2 Yes

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