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Intel Core2 Duo E6600

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Much better PassMark score 1,884 vs 1,384 More than 35% better PassMark score
Has virtualization support Yes vs No Somewhat common; Boosts performance of virtual machines
Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.49 GHz vs 3.17 GHz Around 10% better overclocked clock speed (Air)
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Much higher Maximum operating temperature 73.3 °C vs 60.1 °C More than 20% higher Maximum operating temperature
Newer Oct, 2007 vs Jul, 2006 Release date over 1 years later
Better overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.61 GHz vs 3.45 GHz Around 5% better overclocked clock speed (Water)

Benchmarks Real world tests of Core2 Duo E6600 vs E4600

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core2 Duo E6600
2,322
Core2 Duo E4600
2,274

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core2 Duo E6600
1,276
Core2 Duo E4600
1,242

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core2 Duo E6600
102,200 MB/s
Core2 Duo E4600
102,150 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core2 Duo E6600
2,163
Core2 Duo E4600
2,148

GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core2 Duo E6600
2,409
Core2 Duo E4600
3,640

GeekBench

Core2 Duo E6600
4,006
Core2 Duo E4600
3,640

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Core2 Duo E6600
1,884
Core2 Duo E4600
1,384

PassMark (Single Core)

Core2 Duo E6600
1,257
Core2 Duo E4600
885

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

 Core2 Duo E6600  vs
E4600 
Clock speed 2.4 GHz 2.4 GHz
Cores Dual core Dual core
Socket type
LGA 775

features
Has a NX bit Yes Yes
Supports trusted computing No No
Has virtualization support Yes No
Instruction set extensions
SSE2
MMX
SSE3
SSE
Supplemental SSE3
Supports dynamic frequency scaling Yes Yes

power consumption
TDP 65W 65W
Annual home energy cost 15.66 $/year 15.66 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost 56.94 $/year 56.94 $/year
Performance per watt 1.7 pt/W 1.49 pt/W
Typical power consumption 52.81W 52.81W

bus
Architecture FSB FSB
Number of links 1 1
Clock speed 1,066 MHz 800 MHz

details

 Core2 Duo E6600  vs
E4600 
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Threads 2 2
L2 cache 4 MB 2 MB
L2 cache per core 2 MB/core 1 MB/core
Manufacture process 65 nm 65 nm
Transistor count 291,000,000 167,000,000
Max CPUs 1 1
Clock multiplier 9 12
Voltage range 0.85 - 1.5V 0.85 - 1.5V
Operating temperature Unknown - 60.1°C Unknown - 73.3°C

overclocking
Overclocked clock speed 3.49 GHz 3.17 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.45 GHz 3.61 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.49 GHz 3.17 GHz

integrated graphics
GPU None None
Label N/A N/A
Latest DirectX N/A N/A
Number of displays supported N/A N/A
GPU clock speed N/A N/A
Turbo clock speed N/A N/A
3DMark06 N/A N/A
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