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Intel Pentium III 600E

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Differences What are the advantages of each

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Reasons to consider the
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Supports more CPUs in SMP configuration 2 vs 1 Twice as many CPUs in SMP configuration
Slightly lower typical power consumption 15.84W vs 20.31W More than 20% lower typical power consumption
Slightly lower annual home energy cost 4.7 $/year vs 6.02 $/year More than 20% lower annual home energy cost
Slightly lower annual commercial energy cost 17.08 $/year vs 21.9 $/year More than 20% lower annual commercial energy cost
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Much newer manufacturing process 45 nm vs 180 nm A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor
Much more l2 cache 3 MB vs 0.25 MB 12x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later
Much higher clock speed 2.4 GHz vs 0.6 GHz 4x higher clock speed
More advanced architecture x86-64 vs x86 A 64-bit architecture allows more RAM to be installed and accessed by the processor
Supports dynamic frequency scaling Yes vs No Somewhat common; Allows for maximum performance when needed, while conserving power and minimizing heat production when not needed
Much more l2 cache per core 1.5 MB/core vs 0.25 MB/core 6x more l2 cache per core
Has a NX bit Yes vs No Somewhat common; Prevents a common class of security exploits
Has virtualization support Yes vs No Somewhat common; Boosts performance of virtual machines
Newer Jul, 2008 vs Oct, 1999 Release date over 8 years later
More cores 2 vs 1 Twice as many cores; run more applications at once

Features Key features of the Pentium III 600E  vs Core2 Duo P8600 

clock speed

Pentium III 600E
0.6 GHz
Core2 Duo P8600
2.4 GHz

L2 cache

Pentium III 600E
0.25 MB
Core2 Duo P8600
3 MB

TDP

Pentium III 600E
19.5W
Core2 Duo P8600
25W

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

 Pentium III 600E  vs
Core2 Duo P8600 
Clock speed 0.6 GHz 2.4 GHz
Cores Single core Dual core
Socket type
370
478
479
P

features
Has a NX bit No Yes
Has virtualization support No Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE2
MMX
SSE3
SSE
SSE4.1
Supplemental SSE3
Supports dynamic frequency scaling No Yes

power consumption
TDP 19.5W 25W
Annual home energy cost 4.7 $/year 6.02 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost 17.08 $/year 21.9 $/year
Typical power consumption 15.84W 20.31W

details

 Pentium III 600E  vs
Core2 Duo P8600 
Architecture x86 x86-64
Threads 1 2
L2 cache 0.25 MB 3 MB
L2 cache per core 0.25 MB/core 1.5 MB/core
Manufacture process 180 nm 45 nm
Max CPUs 2 1
Clock multiplier 6 9

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

bus
Architecture FSB FSB
Number of links 1 1
Clock speed 100 MHz 1,066 MHz
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