Intel Core i7-2670QM vs AMD FX-6300. Specifications

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 2000M AMD FX-6300
• Family
  Intel Core i7 FX-Series
• Generation
  2 2
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Form Factor
  - Desktops
• Series
  - FX 6-Core Black Edition Processors

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.2 GHz 3.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 6
• CPU Threads
  8 6
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.1 GHz 4.1 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 3.8 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  - 4.1 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  10.1 -
• Execution units
  12 -
• Generation
  6 -
• GPU Frequency
  650 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 3000 None
• GPU Turbo
  1100 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 -
• Release date
  Q1/2011 -
• Shader
  96 -
• Technology
  32 nm -

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD FX-6300 and Intel Core i7-2670QM. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1066DDR3-1333 DDR3
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  2.0 3.0
• PCIe
  - PCIe 3.0
• System Memory Specification
  - 1866

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-2670QM and AMD FX-6300 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C 70.5 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  45 W 95 W
• Default TDP
  - 95 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-2670QM and AMD FX-6300, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Sandy Bridge H Vishera (Bulldozer)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L2-Cache
  - 6 MB
• L3-Cache
  6 MB 8 MB
• Release date
  Q4/2011 Q4/2012
• Socket
  PGA 988 AM3+
• Technology
  32 nm 32nm SOI
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT AMD-V
• Codename
  - Vishera
• L1-Cache
  - 0.28125 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  - FD6300WMHKBOX
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  - FD6300WMW6KHK