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AMD RX-421BD vs Intel Core i7-870

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
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Multi-core performance
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At a glance

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AMD RX-421BDIntel Core i7-870
FamilyAMD R (6)Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU groupAMD RX 1st Gen. (6)Intel Core i7 800 (6)
ArchitectureMerlin Falcon (Excavator)Lynnfield
Technology28 nm45 nm
SegmentNotebookDesktop
SocketFP4LGA 1156
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CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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AMD RX-421BDIntel Core i7-870
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 44 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 4x
Frequency: 2.10 GHz 2.93 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.40 GHz 3.60 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache2.00 MB1.00 MB
L3-Cache8.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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AMD RX-421BDIntel Core i7-870
GPU nameAMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Merlin Falcon)no iGPU
GPU frequency0.80 GHz
CUs / Shader8 / 512 /
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory2 GB
Technology28
Release date2015

NPU AI performance

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AMD RX-421BDIntel Core i7-870
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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AMD RX-421BDIntel Core i7-870
MemoryDDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
DDR3-2133 (34.2 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCYesNo
PCIe3.0 x 122.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth11.8 GB/s8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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AMD RX-421BDIntel Core i7-870
TDP35 W95 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down12 W
T. junction max.90 °C

Technical details

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AMD RX-421BDIntel Core i7-870
Chip designUnknownMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release dateQ4/2015Q2/2010
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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AMD RX-421BD
AMD RX-421BD
4C / 4T · 2.10 - 3.40 GHz
Intel Core i7-870
Intel Core i7-870
4C / 8T · 2.93 - 3.60 GHz

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