Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W) vs Intel Core i5-2510E

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 775 Intel Socket G2 (988B)
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 65 nm 32 nm
Transistors 582 million 624 million
Die size 2x 143 mm² 149 mm²
Package FC-LGA6 rPGA
tCaseMax 62°C

Performance

Frequency 2.4 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 266 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 9.0x 25.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.34 V
TDP 95 W 35 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Mobile
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Jul 23rd, 2007 Feb 1st, 2011
Codename Kentsfield Sandy Bridge
Generation Core 2 Quad Core i5
Part SLACR SR02U
Memory support DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Dual-channel DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 4 2
Total Threads 4 4
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Intel HD 3000

Cache

Cache L1 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 8MB (shared) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 3MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

AES-NI Yes
AVX Yes
EIST Yes Yes
HTT Yes Yes
Intel 64 Yes Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes
SSSE3 Yes
Smart Cache Yes
TXT Yes
Turbo Boost Yes
VT Yes
VT-d Yes
VT-x Yes
XD bit Yes
iAMT2 Yes

Notes

Notes OEM

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