AMD Athlon II X2 240e vs Intel Core 2 Duo E8300

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM3 Intel Socket 775
Process size 45 nm 45 nm
Transistors 410 million 410 million
Die size 117 mm² 107 mm²
Package µPGA FC-LGA6
Foundry Intel
tCaseMax 72°C

Performance

Frequency 2.8 GHz 2.833 GHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 200 MHz 333 MHz
Multiplier 14.0x 8.5x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.15 V 1.2 V
TDP 45 W 65 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Oct 20th, 2009 Apr 1st, 2008
Codename Regor Wolfdale
Generation Athlon II X2 Core 2 Duo
Part AD240EHDK23GQ SLAPJSLAPN
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2 Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 2 2
Total Threads 2 2
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics

Cache

Cache L1 128K 64K (per core)
Cache L2 1MB 6MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes
AMD-V Yes
AMD64 Yes
C1E Yes
C2E Yes
EIST Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
NX bit Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4 Yes
SSE4A Yes
TXT Yes
VT Yes

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