Comparing AMD A8-3800 vs AMD A8-3800

description_compare Intel Core i7-3970X and AMD A8-3800

• Name
  Intel Core i7-3970X AMD A8-3800
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition AMD A
• Generation
  3 1
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 3000X AMD A8-3000

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

• Frequency
  3.50 GHz 2.40 GHz
• CPU Cores
  6 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.00 GHz 2.70 GHz
• CPU Threads
  12 4
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal

• GPU name
  no iGPU AMD Radeon HD 6550D
• 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
  No Decode
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No Decode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode

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

• AES-NI
  Yes No

• TDP (PL1)
  150 W 65 W

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d (C2 Stepping) AMD-V
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE3, SSE4a
• L3-Cache
  15.00 MB 4.00 MB
• Architecture
  Sandy Bridge E Llano (K10)
• Technology
  32 nm 32 nm
• Socket
  LGA 2011 FM1
• Release date
  Q4/2012 Q3/2011

• Used in
  Unknown Unknown