Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 vs Intel Pentium E6600

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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 228 million
Die size 143 mm² 82 mm²
Package FC-LGA6 FC-LGA8

Performance

Frequency 2.333 GHz 3.067 GHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 333 MHz 266 MHz
Multiplier 7.0x 11.5x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.25 V 1.3625 V
TDP 65 W 65 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Jul 1st, 2007 Jan 17th, 2010
Codename Conroe Wolfdale
Generation Core 2 Duo Pentium Dual-Core
Part SLA9X SLGUG
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 4MB 2MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

EIST Yes Yes
Intel 64 Yes Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSSE3 Yes
VT Yes
VT-x Yes
XD bit Yes
iAMT2 Yes

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