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AMD A10 9700 Cpu
AMD A10 9700
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Intel Core i3 9350K Cpu
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Intel Core i5 2500 Cpu
Intel Core i5 2500
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4.5 out of 5
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Intel's Asia Pacific marketing team claimed in China that the Intel Core i3-9350K is faster than the entire Ryzen 5 lineup. Is this a simple PR mixup or a sign of worse to come as Intel faces eroding market share, securities issues, and a supply shortage? (Edit: Addressed a typo in the title--Ryzen 5 and not Ryzen)Read more
Too little, too late?Read more
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Page 2 - Intel Core i5-2500K Architecture; Test SystemRead more
Without doubt the new range of Intel CPUs are incredible - we show you why.Read more
This latest mid-range processor is a huge leap forwardsRead more
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4.2 out of 5
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General

Processor socketAM4AM4LGA 1151LGA 1155
Component forPCPCPC
N/A
Operating modes
  • 32-bit
  • 64-bit
  • 32-bit
  • 64-bit
64-bit64-bit

Processor

Clock speed3.5 GHz3.4 GHz4.0 GHz3.3 GHz
Max turbo speed3.8 GHz3.9 GHz4.6 GHz3.7 GHz
Number of cores4644
Number of threads41244
Thermal Design Power (TDP)65.0 W65.0 W91.0 W95.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Idle states
N/A
N/A
yesyes
Bus type
N/A
N/A
N/A
DMI

Integrated Graphics

On-board graphics adapteryesnoyesyes
TypeAMD Radeon R7Not availableIntel UHD Graphics 630Intel HD Graphics 2000
On-board graphics adapter base frequency1029.0 MHz
N/A
350.0 MHz850.0 MHz
On-board graphics adapter DirectX version12.0
N/A
12.0
N/A

Memory

Cache2 MB16 MB8 MB6 MB
Cache typeL2L3Smart CacheL3
Memory clock speeds supported by processor2400.0 MHz2933.0 MHz2400.0 MHz
N/A
Memory types supported by processorDDR4 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAM
N/A
Memory channelsDualDualDual
N/A
Maximum internal memory supported by processor
N/A
N/A
64.0 GB32.0 GB
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)
N/A
N/A
37.5 GB/s21.0 GB/s

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