Compare AMD Athlon™ 64 3500+, 2.2 GHz (ADA3500BPBOX) Boxed Processor to Intel Core 2 Duo E8500, 3.16 GHz (BX80570E8500A)

The 2.2 GHz Athlon™ 64 3500+ processor from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) runs 32-bit applications at full speed while enabling powerful 64-bit software applications. The AMD Athlon™ 64 processor features Enhanced Virus Protection, that can help protect against viruses, worms, and other malicious attacks. With 3DNow!™ Professional technology and support for SSE3, the AMD Athlon 64 processor has great ways to accelerate multimedia applications, enabling stellar performance when working with audio, video, and photography software. The processor combines high-speed memory access and I/O connectivity to help ensure that end users can fully take advantage of a broadband connection to streaming video and audio, and a riveting online gaming experience. Incorporated HyperTransport™ technology can increase overall system performance by removing I/O bottlenecks, increasing system bandwidth, and reducing system latency. In addition, a fully integrated DDR memory controller helps speed access to memory by offering the pro Less

With Intel Core 2 Duo processor, you'll experience revolutionary performance, unbelievable system responsiveness, and energy-efficiency second to none. And, you won't have to slow down for virus scan, multiple compute intensive programs, or multimedia downloads these desktop processors are up to 40 percent faster with improved energy-efficienc Less