Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 vs Intel Pentium D 960

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 775 Intel Socket 775
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 65 nm 65 nm
Transistors 167 million 376 million
Die size 111 mm² 140 mm²
Package FC-LGA6 FC-LGA4

Performance

Frequency 2.133 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 266 MHz 200 MHz
Multiplier 8.0x 18.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.2 V 1.33 V
TDP 65 W 130 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Apr 1st, 2007 May 2nd, 2006
Codename Conroe Presler
Generation Core 2 Duo Pentium D
Part SLA4T SL9AP
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 2
Integrated graphics

Cache

Cache L1 64K 28K
Cache L2 4MB 4MB

Features & Technologies

EIST Yes Yes
Intel 64 Yes Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
VT Yes
iAMT2 Yes

Notes

Notes C1 Stepping

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