Intel Core2 Duo E6600 vs AMD Opteron 6230 HE |
Released July, 2006
Intel Core2 Duo E6600
- 2.4 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the Intel Core2 Duo E6600
 | Much more l2 cache per core 2 MB/core | | Higher clock speed 2.4 GHz |
| | Lower typical power consumption 52.81W | | Lower annual home energy cost 15.66 $/year |
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First seen on January, 2013
AMD Opteron 6230 HE
- 2.2 GHz
- Duodeca core
Reasons to buy the AMD Opteron 6230 HE
| | Much more l2 cache 12 MB | | Much newer manufacturing process 32 nm |
| | Supports more CPUs in SMP configuration 4 | | More cores 12 |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much more l2 cache per core | 2 MB/core | vs | 1 MB/core | 2x more l2 cache per core | |||
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| Higher clock speed | 2.4 GHz | vs | 2.2 GHz | Around 10% higher clock speed | |||
| Lower typical power consumption | 52.81W | vs | 69.06W | Around 25% lower typical power consumption | |||
| Lower annual home energy cost | 15.66 $/year | vs | 20.48 $/year | Around 25% lower annual home energy cost | |||
| Lower annual commercial energy cost | 56.94 $/year | vs | 74.46 $/year | Around 25% lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
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| Much more l2 cache | 12 MB | vs | 4 MB | 3x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later | |||
| Much newer manufacturing process | 32 nm | vs | 65 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
| Supports more CPUs in SMP configuration | 4 | vs | 1 | 3 supports more CPUs in SMP configuration | |||
| More cores | 12 | vs | 2 | 10 more cores; run more applications at once | |||
| More threads | 12 | vs | 2 | 10 more threads | |||
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Features Key features of the Core2 Duo E6600 vs Opteron 6230 HE
clock speed
L2 cache
TDP
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Core2 Duo E6600 | vs | Opteron 6230 HE |
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| Clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 2.2 GHz | |
| Cores | Dual core | Duodeca core | |
| Socket type | |||
| LGA 775 | |||
| G34 | |||
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE4a | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE4 | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| AES | |||
details | Core2 Duo E6600 | vs | Opteron 6230 HE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Threads | 2 | 12 | |
| L2 cache | 4 MB | 12 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 2 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 65 nm | 32 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 4 | |
| Clock multiplier | 9 | 15 | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 65W | 85W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 15.66 $/year | 20.48 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 56.94 $/year | 74.46 $/year | |
| Typical power consumption | 52.81W | 69.06W | |
bus | |||
| Architecture | FSB | HyperTransport 3.0 | |
| Clock speed | 1,066 MHz | 3,200 MHz | |
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