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AMD FX 6300 Cpu
AMD FX 6300
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Intel Xeon E-2246G Cpu
Intel Xeon E-2246G
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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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Find out which retail desktop chipsets are compatible with AMD's Zen+-based Ryzen 5 2500X processors.Read more
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In our Intel Xeon E-2246G benchmarks and review piece we show why this SKU is still one of our top picks in the stack and why STH readers should pick itRead more
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General

Processor socketAM3+AM4AM4LGA 1151
Component forPCPCPCServer/Workstation
Operating modes
  • 32-bit
  • 64-bit
64-bit64-bit64-bit

Processor

Clock speed3.5 GHz3.6 GHz3.6 GHz3.6 GHz
Max turbo speed3.8 GHz4.0 GHz4.0 GHz4.8 GHz
Number of cores6646
Number of threads612812
Thermal Design Power (TDP)95.0 W95.0 W65.0 W80.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Idle states
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Memory

Cache8 MB16 MB8 MB12 MB
Cache typeL3L3L3
N/A
Memory clock speeds supported by processor1866.0 MHz2667.0 MHz
  • 2133
  • 2400
  • 2667
  • 2933
2666.0 MHz
Memory types supported by processorDDR3 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAM
Memory channels
N/A
DualDualDual
Maximum internal memory supported by processor
N/A
N/A
N/A
128.0 GB

Thermals

Cooler includedyesnonono
Thermal specification158.9 °F203.0 °F203.0 °F212.0 °F

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