Athlon X2 4850e vs i7-880

Primary details

Comparing Core i7-880 and Athlon X2 4850e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1889not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.09no data
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiency2.08no data
Architecture codenameLynnfield (2009−2010)Brisbane (2007−2008)
Release date30 May 2010 (14 years ago)March 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$583no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i7-880 and Athlon X2 4850e basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads82
Base clock speed3.06 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.73 GHz2.5 GHz
Bus rate2.5 GT/sno data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)256 KB
L2 cache256 KB (per core)512 KB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm65 nm
Die size296 mm2126 mm2
Maximum core temperature73 °Cno data
Number of transistors774 million154 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-880 and Athlon X2 4850e compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketFCLGA1156,LGA1156AM2
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-880 and Athlon X2 4850e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology1.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAE36 Bitno data

Security technologies

Core i7-880 and Athlon X2 4850e technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-880 and Athlon X2 4850e are enumerated here.

VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-880 and Athlon X2 4850e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size16 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth21 GB/sno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-880 and Athlon X2 4850e.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

i7-880 517
+131%
Athlon X2 4850e 224

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

i7-880 1687
+340%
Athlon X2 4850e 383

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 2
Chip lithography 45 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 45 Watt

i7-880 has 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

Athlon X2 4850e, on the other hand, has 111.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core i7-880 and Athlon X2 4850e. We've got no test results to judge.


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