AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM4 Intel Socket 775
Foundry GlobalFoundries Intel
Process size 14 nm 45 nm
Transistors 4,800 million 820 million
Die size 192 mm² 2x 107 mm²
Package µPGA FC-LGA6
tCaseMax 71°C

Performance

Frequency 3.4 GHz 2.833 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.8 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 333 MHz
Multiplier 34.0x 8.5x
Multiplier unlocked Yes No
TDP 95 W 95 W
Voltage 1.11 V

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status Active End-of-life
Release date Jun 29th, 2017 Mar 25th, 2008
Codename Zen Yorkfield
Generation Ryzen 7 Core 2 Quad
Part YD17XBBAM88AE SLAWQSLB8V
Memory support DDR4 Dual-channel DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 8 4
Total Threads 16 4
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics

Cache

Cache L1 96K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 512K (per core) 12MB (shared)
Cache L3 16MB (shared)

Notes

Notes This processor comes with an unlocked base clock multiplier, allowing users to set the multiplier value higher than shipped value, to facilitate better overclocking. Also available with E0 Stepping, Part #: SLB8V, Released in August 2008

Features & Technologies

AES Yes
AMD-V Yes
AMD64 Yes
AVX Yes
AVX2 Yes
BMI1 Yes
BMI2 Yes
EIST Yes
EVP Yes
F16C Yes
FMA3 Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
Precision Boost Yes
SHA Yes
SMAP Yes
SMEP Yes
SMT Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.1 Yes Yes
SSE4.2 Yes
SSE4A Yes
SSSE3 Yes
TXT Yes
VT-x Yes
XFR Yes
iAMT2 Yes

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