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AMD A6 6400K Cpu
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Intel Q8400 Cpu
Intel Q8400
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AMD is refreshing its desktop processors with Piledriver, an enhanced version of Bulldozer that focuses on improving instructions per clock and frequency -- just like it did...Read more
With several new product releases over the last few weeks, AMD has been on a mission to gain back market share. While Trinity targeted the entry level crowd with a well rounded family of APUs, their Vishera FX-series firmly targets an enthusiast niche that doesn’t need or want onboard graphics...Read more
Six Piledriver cores at 5GHz? Don't mind if I doRead more
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HotHardware takes an in depth look at the Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400, affordable 45nm quad-core processor.Read more
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General

Processor socketFM2AM3+LGA 1155LGA 775
Component forPCPC
N/A
N/A
Operating modes64-bit
  • 32-bit
  • 64-bit
N/A
64-bit

Processor

Clock speed3.9 GHz3.5 GHz3.2 GHz2.66 GHz
Number of cores2644
Thermal Design Power (TDP)65.0 W95.0 W77.0 W95.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Max turbo speed
N/A
3.8 GHz3.6 GHz
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Number of threads
N/A
644
Bus type
N/A
N/A
N/A
FSB
Idle states
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Memory

Cache1 MB8 MB6 MB4 MB
Cache typeL2L3
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L2
Memory clock speeds supported by processor1866.0 MHz1866.0 MHz
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N/A
Memory types supported by processorDDR3 SDRAMDDR3 SDRAM
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