Intel Core2 Duo E8600 vs AMD A8 3870K |
Released July, 2008
Intel Core2 Duo E8600
- 3.33 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the Intel Core2 Duo E8600
 | Higher clock speed 3.33 GHz | | Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.61 GHz |
| | Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.6 GHz | | Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost 113.62 $/year |
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Released December, 2011
AMD A8 3870K
- 3 GHz
- Quad core
- Unlocked
Reasons to buy the AMD A8 3870K
| | Has a built-in GPU Yes | | Much newer manufacturing process 32 nm |
| | More cores 4 | | More threads 4 |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Higher clock speed | 3.33 GHz | vs | 3 GHz | More than 10% higher clock speed | |||
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| Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.61 GHz | vs | 3.56 GHz | Around 30% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.6 GHz | vs | 3.67 GHz | More than 25% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
| Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost | 113.62 $/year | vs | 138.41 $/year | Around 20% lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
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| Has a built-in GPU | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; A separate graphics adapter is not required | |||
| Much newer manufacturing process | 32 nm | vs | 45 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
| More cores | 4 | vs | 2 | Twice as many cores; run more applications at once | |||
| More threads | 4 | vs | 2 | Twice as many threads | |||
| Much lower annual home energy cost | 40.03 $/year | vs | 47.3 $/year | More than 15% lower annual home energy cost | |||
| Newer | Dec, 2011 | vs | Jul, 2008 | Release date over 3 years later | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Core2 Duo E8600 vs A8 3870K
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Core2 Duo E8600 | vs | A8 3870K |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 3.33 GHz | 3 GHz | |
| Cores | Dual core | Quad core | |
| Socket type | |||
| LGA 775 | |||
| FM1 | |||
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Supports trusted computing | Yes | Yes | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE4a | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| AMD64 | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| AMD-V | |||
| 3DNow! | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 65W | 100W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 47.3 $/year | 40.03 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 113.62 $/year | 138.41 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 1.1 pt/W | 1.03 pt/W | |
| Idle power consumption | 93.5W | 47W | |
| Peak power consumption | 129.7W | 158W | |
| Typical power consumption | 120.65W | N/A | |
details | Core2 Duo E8600 | vs | A8 3870K |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 2 | 4 | |
| L2 cache | 6 MB | 4 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 3 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 45 nm | 32 nm | |
| Transistor count | 410,000,000 | 1,178,000,000 | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
| Clock multiplier | 10 | 30 | |
| Voltage range | 0.85 - 1.36V | 0.45 - 1.41V | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 72.4°C | Unknown - 72.7°C | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclock popularity | 9 | 32 | |
| Overclocked clock speed | 4.61 GHz | 3.56 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.6 GHz | 3.67 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.61 GHz | 3.56 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
| GPU | None | GPU | |
| Label | N/A | Radeon™ HD 6550D | |
| Latest DirectX | N/A | 11.0 | |
| Number of displays supported | N/A | 2 | |
| GPU clock speed | N/A | 600 MHz | |
| Turbo clock speed | N/A | 600 MHz | |
bus | |||
| Architecture | FSB | FSB | |
| Number of links | 1 | 4 | |
| Clock speed | 1,333 MHz | 100 MHz | |
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