Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 vs Intel Core 2 Duo E8500

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 775 Intel Socket 775
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 65 nm 45 nm
Transistors 291 million 410 million
Die size 143 mm² 107 mm²
Package FC-LGA6 FC-LGA6
tCaseMax 72°C

Performance

Frequency 2.133 GHz 3.166 GHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 266 MHz 333 MHz
Multiplier 8.0x 9.5x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.34 V 1.2 V
TDP 65 W 65 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Jul 27th, 2006 Jan 1st, 2008
Codename Conroe Wolfdale
Generation Core 2 Duo Core 2 Duo
Part SL9S9 SLAPKSLB9K
Memory support DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Dual-channel DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2 Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 2 2
Total Threads 2 2
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics

Cache

Cache L1 64K 64K (per core)
Cache L2 2MB 6MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

C1E Yes
C2E Yes
EIST Yes Yes
Intel 64 Yes Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4 Yes
TXT Yes
VT Yes Yes
iAMT2 Yes

Notes

Notes Spec Code of E0 Stepping: SLB9K

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