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AMD A4 3300 Cpu
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AMD Athlon II X2 250 Cpu
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Cpu
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
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Is this £50 PC processor a canny bargain or a false economy?Read more
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AMD is refreshing its desktop processors with Piledriver, an enhanced version of Bulldozer that focuses on improving instructions per clock and frequency -- just like it did...Read more
With several new product releases over the last few weeks, AMD has been on a mission to gain back market share. While Trinity targeted the entry level crowd with a well rounded family of APUs, their Vishera FX-series firmly targets an enthusiast niche that doesn’t need or want onboard graphics...Read more
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Intel's meteoric rise to dominance in the CPU market over the last two years - and the stunning value of its processors - is highlighted by none better than the Q6600. It's based on the Core microarchitecture, the design responsibleRead more
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General

Processor socketFM1AM3AM3+LGA 775
Component forPC
N/A
PC
N/A
Operating modes32-bit64-bit
  • 32-bit
  • 64-bit
64-bit

Processor

Clock speed2.5 GHz3.0 GHz3.5 GHz2.4 GHz
Number of cores2264
Thermal Design Power (TDP)65.0 W65.0 W95.0 W95.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Max turbo speed
N/A
N/A
3.8 GHz
N/A
Number of threads
N/A
N/A
64
Bus type
N/A
N/A
N/A
FSB
Bus speed
N/A
N/A
N/A
1066.0 MHz
Idle states
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Memory

Cache1 MB2 MB8 MB8 MB
Cache typeL2L2L3L2
Memory clock speeds supported by processor
N/A
N/A
1866.0 MHz
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Memory types supported by processor
N/A
N/A
DDR3 SDRAM
N/A

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AMDAthlon II X2 250
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Often compared with Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600

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