AMD Phenom X3 8600 vs Intel Core 2 Duo E8400

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM2+ Intel Socket 775
Process size 65 nm 45 nm
Transistors 450 million 410 million
Die size 285 mm² 104 mm²
Package µPGA FC-LGA6
Foundry Intel
tCaseMax 72°C

Performance

Frequency 2.3 GHz 3 GHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 200 MHz 333 MHz
Multiplier 11.5x 9.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.25 V 1.2 V
TDP 95 W 65 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Mar 27th, 2008 Jan 1st, 2008
Codename Toliman Wolfdale
Generation Phenom X3 Core 2 Duo
Part HD8600WCJ3BGD SLAPLSLB9J
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) 6MB (shared)
Cache L3 2MB (shared)

Notes

Notes Processor with the older B2 revision and TLB Bug. Spec Code of E0 Stepping: SLB9J

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes
AMD-V Yes
AMD64 Yes
C1E Yes
C2E 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 Yes
SSE4A Yes
TXT Yes
VT Yes

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