AMD Phenom X3 8550 vs Intel Pentium E5700

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM2+ Intel Socket 775
Process size 65 nm 45 nm
Transistors 450 million 228 million
Die size 285 mm² 82 mm²
Package µPGA FC-LGA8
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 2.2 GHz 3 GHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 200 MHz 200 MHz
Multiplier 11.0x 15.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.25 V 1.3625 V
TDP 95 W 65 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Apr 23rd, 2008 Aug 8th, 2010
Codename Toliman Wolfdale
Generation Phenom X3 Pentium Dual-Core
Part HD8550WCJ3BGH SLGTH
Memory support unknown Dual-channel DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2 Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 3 2
Total Threads 3 2
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics

Cache

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

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes
AMD-V Yes
AMD64 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
SSE4A Yes
SSSE3 Yes
VT-x Yes
XD bit Yes

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