AMD Phenom X3 8450e vs Intel Pentium G840

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM2+ Intel Socket 1155
Process size 65 nm 32 nm
Transistors 450 million 504 million
Die size 285 mm² 131 mm²
Package µPGA FC-LGA10
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 2.1 GHz 2.8 GHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 200 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 10.5x 28.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.25 V
TDP 65 W 65 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Sep 8th, 2008 May 22nd, 2011
Codename Toliman Sandy Bridge
Generation Phenom X3 Pentium
Part HD8450ODJ3BGH SR05P
Memory support unknown Dual-channel DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2 Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Cores

Total Cores 3 2
Total Threads 3 2
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Intel HD (Sandy Bridge)

Cache

Cache L1 128K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 512K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 2MB (shared) 3MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes
AES-NI Yes
AMD-V Yes
AMD64 Yes
AVX Yes
CnQ Yes
EIST Yes
HT3.0 Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
NX bit Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.2 Yes
SSE4A Yes
SSSE3 Yes
VT-x Yes
XD bit Yes

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