Aubrey Isle vs Phenom X3 8650

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Primary details

Comparing Phenom X3 8650 and Aubrey Isle processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2635not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency0.77no data
Architecture codenameToliman (2008)Knights Ferry (2010)
Release dateApril 2008 (16 years ago)31 May 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom X3 8650 and Aubrey Isle 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 cores3 (Tri-Core)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads3128
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz1.2 GHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)32 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)256 KB (per core)
L3 cache2 MB (shared)0 KB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm45 nm
Die size285 mm2684 mm2
Number of transistors450 million2,300 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Phenom X3 8650 and Aubrey Isle 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
SocketAM2+PCIe x16
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt300 Watt

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom X3 8650 and Aubrey Isle are enumerated here.

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom X3 8650 and Aubrey Isle. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 3 32
Threads 3 128
Chip lithography 65 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 300 Watt

Phenom X3 8650 has 215.8% lower power consumption.

Aubrey Isle, on the other hand, has 966.7% more physical cores and 4166.7% more threads, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Phenom X3 8650 and Aubrey Isle. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Phenom X3 8650 is a desktop processor while Aubrey Isle is a server/workstation one.


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