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AMD FX 6300 Cpu
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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 Duo E8500 processor in this article. The E8500 is based on Intel's 45nm Wolfdale core whichRead more
Intel and AMD are constantly competing to release the best processor hardware at the most affordable prices. Intel’s Core 2 Duo chipset was one of its better ...Read more
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General

Processor socketAM3+AM4LGA 775
Component forPCPC
N/A
Operating modes
  • 32-bit
  • 64-bit
64-bit
N/A

Processor

Clock speed3.5 GHz3.6 GHz3.16 GHz
Max turbo speed3.8 GHz4.2 GHz
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Number of cores662
Number of threads612
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Thermal Design Power (TDP)95.0 W65.0 W65.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Bus speed
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1333.0 MHz

Memory

Cache8 MB32 MB6 MB
Cache typeL3L3
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Memory clock speeds supported by processor1866.0 MHz3200.0 MHz
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Memory types supported by processorDDR3 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAM
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Memory channels
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Dual
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