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Intel Pentium E6700

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Differences What are the advantages of each

Front view of Intel Pentium E6700

Reasons to consider the
Intel Pentium E6700

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Higher Maximum operating temperature 74.1 °C vs 72.4 °C Almost the same
Newer Apr, 2010 vs Jan, 2008 Release date over 2 years later
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Supports trusted computing Yes vs No Somewhat common; Allows for safer, more reliable computing
Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.46 GHz vs 3.97 GHz More than 10% better overclocked clock speed (Air)
Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.42 GHz vs 3.2 GHz Around 40% better overclocked clock speed (Water)

Benchmarks Real world tests of Pentium E6700 vs Core2 Duo E8500

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Pentium E6700
3,061
Core2 Duo E8500
3,230

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Pentium E6700
1,664
Core2 Duo E8500
1,773

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Pentium E6700
135,400 MB/s
Core2 Duo E8500
129,700 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Pentium E6700
2,890
Core2 Duo E8500
2,970

GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Pentium E6700
5,335
Core2 Duo E8500
3,088

GeekBench

Pentium E6700
5,335
Core2 Duo E8500
5,261

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Pentium E6700
1,946
Core2 Duo E8500
2,291

PassMark (Single Core)

Pentium E6700
1,296
Core2 Duo E8500
1,318

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

 Pentium E6700  vs
Core2 Duo E8500 
Clock speed 3.2 GHz 3.16 GHz
Cores Dual core Dual core
Socket type
LGA 775

features
Has a NX bit Yes Yes
Supports trusted computing No Yes
Has virtualization support Yes Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE2
MMX
SSE3
SSE
SSE4.1
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 2.04 pt/W 1.93 pt/W
Typical power consumption 52.81W 52.81W

bus
Architecture FSB FSB
Number of links 1 1
Clock speed 1,066 MHz 1,333 MHz

details

 Pentium E6700  vs
Core2 Duo E8500 
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Threads 2 2
L2 cache 2 MB 6 MB
L2 cache per core 1 MB/core 3 MB/core
Manufacture process 45 nm 45 nm
Transistor count 228,000,000 410,000,000
Max CPUs 1 1
Clock multiplier 12 9
Voltage range 0.85 - 1.36V 0.85 - 1.36V
Operating temperature Unknown - 74.1°C Unknown - 72.4°C

overclocking
Overclock popularity 5 33
Overclocked clock speed 3.97 GHz 4.46 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.2 GHz 4.42 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.97 GHz 4.46 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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