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AMD FX 4300 Cpu
AMD FX 4300
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AMD FX 9590 Cpu
AMD FX 9590
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AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Cpu
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
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Intel i5-2300 Cpu
Intel i5-2300
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Look, it's the emperor's new processor…Read more
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Compared to dog years, a CPU's life span is considerably shorter with the rapid pace of PC component turn over. Not in terms of operational longevity but viabilRead more
The AMD FX-9590 is an eight-core, overclock-ready processor that offers some of the best performance available, provided you have the requisite hardware.Read more
A few weeks ago AMD announced the latest additions to their FX-series processor lineup: the FX-9590 and FX-9370. Clocked at Turbo speeds of 5GHz and 4.7GHz respectively, these new CPUs made some waves in enthusiast circles due to the high frequencies and AMD’s decision to only offer them...Read more
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Earlier than expected Intel move their NDA on the next lineup of Sandy Bridge processors. We take review all of the 6 series i5 range.Read more
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General

Processor socketAM3+AM3+AM4LGA 1155
Component forPCPCPCPC
Operating modes
  • 32-bit
  • 64-bit
64-bit64-bit64-bit

Processor

Clock speed3.8 GHz4.7 GHz3.6 GHz2.8 GHz
Max turbo speed4.0 GHz5.0 GHz4.2 GHz3.1 GHz
Number of cores4864
Thermal Design Power (TDP)95.0 W220.0 W65.0 W95.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Number of threads
N/A
8124
Bus speed
N/A
5200.0 MHz
N/A
N/A
Bus type
N/A
N/A
N/A
DMI
Idle states
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Memory

Cache4 MB8 MB32 MB6 MB
Cache typeL3
N/A
L3Smart Cache
Memory types supported by processor
N/A
DDR3 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAMDDR3 SDRAM
Memory channels
N/A
DualDualDual
Memory clock speeds supported by processor
N/A
N/A
3200.0 MHz
  • 1066
  • 1333
Maximum internal memory supported by processor
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N/A
N/A
32.0 GB
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)
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N/A
N/A
21.0 GB/s

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