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AMD Athlon II X2 250 Cpu
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AMD FX 6300 Cpu
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Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Cpu
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Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Cpu
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Intel i5-2300 Cpu

General

Processor socketAM3AM3+LGA 775LGA 775LGA 1155
Operating modes64-bit
  • 32-bit
  • 64-bit
64-bit
N/A
64-bit
Component for
N/A
PCPC
N/A
PC

Processor

Clock speed3.0 GHz3.5 GHz3.0 GHz3.16 GHz2.8 GHz
Number of cores26224
Thermal Design Power (TDP)65.0 W95.0 W65.0 W65.0 W95.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Max turbo speed
N/A
3.8 GHz
N/A
N/A
3.1 GHz
Number of threads
N/A
62
N/A
4
Bus type
N/A
N/A
FSB
N/A
DMI
Bus speed
N/A
N/A
1333.0 MHz1333.0 MHz
N/A
Idle states
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
yes

Memory

Cache2 MB8 MB6 MB6 MB6 MB
Cache typeL2L3L2
N/A
Smart Cache
Memory clock speeds supported by processor
N/A
1866.0 MHz
N/A
N/A
  • 1066
  • 1333
Memory types supported by processor
N/A
DDR3 SDRAM
N/A
N/A
DDR3 SDRAM
Maximum internal memory supported by processor
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
32.0 GB
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
21.0 GB/s
Memory channels
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Dual

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