Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 vs Intel Core i5-540M

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 775 Intel Socket G1
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 65 nm 32 nm
Transistors 582 million 382 million
Die size 2x 143 mm² 81 mm²
Package FC-LGA6 rPGA
tCaseMax 62°C

Performance

Frequency 2.666 GHz 2.533 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.073 GHz
Base clock 266 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 10.0x 19.0x
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 Apr 20th, 2007 Jan 7th, 2010
Codename Kentsfield Arrandale
Generation Core 2 Quad Core i5
Part SLACQ unknown
Memory support DDR2, DDR3 Dual-channel DDR3
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2 Gen 2

Cores

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

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
EIST Yes Yes
EM64T Yes
HTT 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 Yes
Smart Cache Yes
TXT Yes
Turbo Boost Yes
VT-d Yes
VT-x Yes Yes
XD bit Yes
XD-Bit Yes

Notes

Notes 177M GPU Transistors

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