AMD Phenom X3 8850 vs Intel Core 2 Extreme X9100

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM2+ Intel Socket P
Process size 65 nm 45 nm
Transistors 450 million unknown
Die size 285 mm² 107 mm²
Package µPGA FC-PGA
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 2.5 GHz 3.067 GHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 200 MHz 266 MHz
Multiplier 12.5x 11.5x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.25 V 1.15 V
TDP 95 W 44 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Mobile
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Oct 21st, 2008 Jul 1st, 2008
Codename Toliman Penryn XE
Generation Phenom X3 Core 2 Extreme
Part HD8850WCJ3BGH SLB48SLG8MSLGE7
Memory support unknown Dual-channel unknown
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2

Cores

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

Cache

Cache L1 128K (per core) 64K
Cache L2 512K (per core) 6MB
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
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4A Yes
SSSE3 Yes
TXT Yes
VT-x Yes
XD bit Yes
iAMT2 Yes

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