Intel Core2 Duo E8500 vs AMD Athlon 4 900 |
Released January, 2008
Intel Core2 Duo E8500
- 3.16 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the Intel Core2 Duo E8500
 | Much newer manufacturing process 45 nm | | Much more l2 cache 6 MB |
| | Much higher clock speed 3.16 GHz | | Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.46 GHz |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much newer manufacturing process | 45 nm | vs | 180 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
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| Much more l2 cache | 6 MB | vs | 0.5 MB | 12x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later | |||
| Much higher clock speed | 3.16 GHz | vs | 0.9 GHz | More than 3.5x higher clock speed | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.46 GHz | vs | 1.32 GHz | More than 3.2x better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
| More cores | 2 | vs | 1 | Twice as many cores; run more applications at once | |||
| More threads | 2 | vs | 1 | Twice as many threads | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; Prevents a common class of security exploits | |||
| Much more l2 cache per core | 3 MB/core | vs | 0.5 MB/core | 6x more l2 cache per core | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.42 GHz | vs | 0.9 GHz | Around 5x better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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| CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the AMD Athlon 4 900 vs the Intel Core2 Duo E8500. | |||||||
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Features Key features of the Core2 Duo E8500 vs Athlon 4 900
clock speed
L2 cache
overclocked clock speed (air)
overclocked clock speed (water)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Core2 Duo E8500 | vs | Athlon 4 900 |
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| Clock speed | 3.16 GHz | 0.9 GHz | |
| Cores | Dual core | Single core | |
| Socket type | |||
| LGA 775 | |||
| 462 | |||
| Slot A | |||
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | No | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| 3DNow! | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
bus | |||
| Clock speed | 1,333 MHz | 200 MHz | |
details | Core2 Duo E8500 | vs | Athlon 4 900 |
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| Threads | 2 | 1 | |
| L2 cache | 6 MB | 0.5 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 3 MB/core | 0.5 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 45 nm | 180 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 4.46 GHz | 1.32 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.42 GHz | 0.9 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.46 GHz | 1.32 GHz | |
power consumption | |||
| Typical power consumption | 52.81W | N/A | |
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