Intel Core i3-6300 vs Intel Core i7-2820QM

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 1151 Intel Socket G2 (988B)
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 14 nm 32 nm
Transistors 1,400 million 1,160 million
Die size 150 mm² 216 mm²
Package rPGA
tCaseMax 65°C

Performance

Frequency 3.8 GHz 2.3 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.4 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 38.0x 23.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
TDP 51 W 45 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Mobile
Production status Active End-of-life
Release date Sep 1st, 2015 Jan 3rd, 2011
Codename Skylake Sandy Bridge
Generation Core i3 Core i7
Part SR2HA SR012
Memory support DDR4-2133 MHz Dual-channel unknown Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Cores

Total Cores 2 4
Total Threads 4 8
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Intel HD 530 Intel HD 3000

Cache

Cache L1 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 256K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 4MB (shared) 8MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

AES-NI Yes Yes
AVX Yes Yes
AVX2 Yes
CLMUL Yes
EIST Yes Yes
FMA3 Yes
HTT Yes Yes
Intel 64 Yes Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes Yes
SSSE3 Yes Yes
TSX Yes
TXT Yes
VT-d Yes
VT-x Yes Yes
XD bit Yes Yes

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