Comparing AMD Athlon II X4 600e vs AMD Athlon II X4 600e

description_compare Intel Core i5-2550k and AMD Athlon II X4 600e

• Name
  Intel Core i5-2550k AMD Athlon II X4 600e
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core i5 AMD Athlon II
• Generation
  2 1
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 2000 AMD Athlon II X4 (Propus)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

• Frequency
  3.40 GHz 2.20 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

• GPU name
  no iGPU no iGPU
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo

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

• Memory type
  DDR3-1333 DDR3-1333
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 16 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2 (Dual Channel)

• TDP (PL1)
  95 W 45 W

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT AMD-V
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a
• L2-Cache
  -- 2.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  6.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Sandy Bridge S Propus
• Technology
  32 nm 45 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1155 AM3
• Release date
  Q1/2012 Q3/2009