Product comparison · 2 pcs/workstations

ASUS CM CM6870-US-2AA PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-3450 vs ASUS CM CM6870-US-3AA PC Intel® Core™ i7 i7-3770

Key differences

Processor family
- CM CM6870-US-2AA PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-3450:Intel® Core™ i5
- CM CM6870-US-3AA PC Intel® Core™ i7 i7-3770:Intel® Core™ i7
Processor generation
- CM CM6870-US-2AA PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-3450:3rd gen Intel® Core™ i5
- CM CM6870-US-3AA PC Intel® Core™ i7 i7-3770:3rd gen Intel® Core™ i7
Processor model
- CM CM6870-US-2AA PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-3450:i5-3450
- CM CM6870-US-3AA PC Intel® Core™ i7 i7-3770:i7-3770
Processor threads
- CM CM6870-US-2AA PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-3450:4
- CM CM6870-US-3AA PC Intel® Core™ i7 i7-3770:8
Processor boost frequency
- CM CM6870-US-2AA PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-3450:3.5 GHz
- CM CM6870-US-3AA PC Intel® Core™ i7 i7-3770:3.9 GHz
Processor frequency
- CM CM6870-US-2AA PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-3450:3.1 GHz
- CM CM6870-US-3AA PC Intel® Core™ i7 i7-3770:3.4 GHz
Processor cache
- CM CM6870-US-2AA PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-3450:6 MB
- CM CM6870-US-3AA PC Intel® Core™ i7 i7-3770:8 MB
CPU multiplier (bus/core ratio)
- CM CM6870-US-2AA PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-3450:31
- CM CM6870-US-3AA PC Intel® Core™ i7 i7-3770:34

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Comparison of CM6870-US-2AA, CM6870-US-3AA
136 specifications	A ASUS CM CM6870-US-2AA PC Intel® Core™ i5 i5-3450 Model CM6870-US-2AA View product	B ASUS CM CM6870-US-3AA PC Intel® Core™ i7 i7-3770 Model CM6870-US-3AA View product
Processor9 differ
Processor familyDiffers	Intel® Core™ i5	Intel® Core™ i7
Processor generationDiffers	3rd gen Intel® Core™ i5	3rd gen Intel® Core™ i7
Processor modelDiffers	i5-3450	i7-3770
Processor threadsDiffers	4	8
Processor boost frequencyDiffers	3.5 GHz	3.9 GHz
Processor frequencyDiffers	3.1 GHz	3.4 GHz
Processor cacheDiffers	6 MB	8 MB
Processor seriesDiffers	Intel Core i5-3400 Desktop series	Intel Core i7-3700 Desktop series
TjunctionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	105 °C
CPU multiplier (bus/core ratio)Differs	31	34
Memory1 differ
Internal memoryDiffers	12 GB	16 GB
Storage1 differ
Optical drive typeDiffers	DVD-RW	Blu-Ray DVD Combo
Graphics4 differ
Discrete graphics card memoryDiffers	1 GB	2 GB
On-board graphics card modelDiffers	Intel® HD Graphics 2500	Intel® HD Graphics 4000
On-board graphics card dynamic frequency (max)Differs	1100 MHz	1150 MHz
On-board graphics card IDDiffers	0x152	0x162
Processor special features5 differ
Embedded options availableDiffers	No	Yes
Intel Trusted Execution TechnologyDiffers	No	Yes
Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)Differs	No	Yes
Processor ARK IDDiffers	65511	65719
Intel® Hyper Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology)Differs	No	Yes

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