Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (105W) vs Intel Core i7-860S

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 775 Intel Socket 1156
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 65 nm 45 nm
Transistors 582 million 774 million
Die size 2x 143 mm² 296 mm²
Package FC-LGA6 FC-LGA6
tCaseMax 71°C

Performance

Frequency 2.4 GHz 2.533 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.466 GHz
Base clock 266 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 9.0x 19.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.34 V 1.4 V
TDP 105 W 82 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 Lynnfield
Generation Core 2 Quad Core i7
Part SL9UM SLBLG
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 4
Total Threads 4 8
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics

Cache

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

Features & Technologies

EIST Yes Yes
HTT Yes
Intel 64 Yes Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SMT Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.2 Yes
TXT Yes Yes
VT-x Yes Yes
XD-Bit Yes
iAMT2 Yes

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