Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (105W) vs Intel Core i5-661

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 775 Intel Socket 1156
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 65 nm 32 nm
Transistors 582 million 382 million
Die size 2x 143 mm² 81 mm²
Package FC-LGA6 FC-LGA10
tCaseMax 71°C

Performance

Frequency 2.4 GHz 3.333 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.6 GHz
Base clock 266 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 9.0x 25.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.34 V 1.4 V
TDP 105 W 87 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Jan 7th, 2007 Jan 7th, 2010
Codename Kentsfield Clarkdale
Generation Core 2 Quad Core i5
Part SL9UM SLBNESLBTB
Memory support DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Dual-channel DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2 Gen 2, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Cores

Total Cores 4 2
Total Threads 4 4
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Intel HD

Cache

Cache L1 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 8MB (shared) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 4MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

EIST Yes
HTT Yes
Intel 64 Yes Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4 Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes
SSSE3 Yes
TBT Yes
TXT Yes Yes
VT-d Yes
VT-x Yes Yes
XD-Bit Yes
iAMT2 Yes

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