Comparing AMD A8-3850 vs AMD A8-3850

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• Name
  AMD A8-3850 Intel Core i7-3960X
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD A Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition
• Generation
  1 3
• CPU group
  AMD A8-3000 Intel Core i 3000X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

• Frequency
  2.90 GHz 3.30 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 6
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo 3.90 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 12
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon HD 6550D no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.60 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  5
• Shader
  400
• Max. GPU Memory
  1 GB --
• Max. displays
  2
• Generation
  3
• DirectX Version
  11
• Technology
  32 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2011

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  Decode No
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No

• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 DDR3-1600
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 4

• AES-NI
  No Yes

• TDP (PL1)
  100 W 130 W

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d (C2 Stepping)
• ISA extensions
  SSE3, SSE4a SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 15.00 MB
• Architecture
  Llano (K10) Sandy Bridge E
• Technology
  32 nm 32 nm
• Socket
  FM1 LGA 2011
• Release date
  Q3/2011 Q4/2011

• Used in
  Unknown Unknown