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General

Processor socketAM3+LGA 775LGA 771
Component forPC
N/A
Server/Workstation
Operating modes
  • 32-bit
  • 64-bit
64-bit64-bit

Processor

Clock speed3.8 GHz2.66 GHz2.5 GHz
Max turbo speed4.0 GHz
N/A
N/A
Number of cores444
Thermal Design Power (TDP)95.0 W95.0 W50.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Number of threads
N/A
44
Bus type
N/A
FSBFSB
Idle states
N/A
yesyes
Bus speed
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N/A
1333.0 MHz

Memory

Cache4 MB4 MB12 MB
Cache typeL3L2L3

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