Someone please tell me the difference in these processors...

[PC Freak]

Item number 16, 17, 18
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What is the difference in the Venice and the Clawhammer?

Thanks

 

[fbrdphreak]

Venice = newer core with better memory controller, 90nm part
Clawhammer = older core, 130nm (meaning higher power consumption)

The diff in the two Venices is here:
#16: ADA3500BWBOX
#17: ADA3500BPBOX

"BW" is the E6 core, newer revision fixing minor errate. "BP" is the E3 core, which supposedly OCs better than E6. I purchased an E3 OEM 3200+ from Ewiz and it had trouble hitting 2.5GHz, which may have been due to the board.

 

[Icepick]

Also, Venice supports the SSE3 instruction set while Clawhammer cores don't. Venice cores have been shown to have much more overclock headroom than clawhammers (on average) due to enhancements in the 90nm process.

 

[PC Freak]

Thanks.