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Test System Specs & Power Consumption. AMD are releasing their first Kabini based processors today with the launch of the A6-5200 and the A4-5000. Kabini will be AMD's first, and also the first...Read more
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HotHardware takes an in depth look at the Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 processor in this article. The E8500 is based on Intel's 45nm Wolfdale core whichRead more
Intel and AMD are constantly competing to release the best processor hardware at the most affordable prices. Intel’s Core 2 Duo chipset was one of its better ...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 socketFM2LGA 775LGA 775
Component forPC
N/A
N/A
Operating modes64-bit
N/A
64-bit

Processor

Clock speed3.4 GHz3.16 GHz2.4 GHz
Max turbo speed3.7 GHz
N/A
N/A
Number of cores224
Number of threads2
N/A
4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)65.0 W65.0 W95.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Bus speed
N/A
1333.0 MHz1066.0 MHz
Bus type
N/A
N/A
FSB
Idle states
N/A
N/A
yes

Memory

Cache1 MB6 MB8 MB
Cache typeL2
N/A
L2
Memory types supported by processorDDR3 SDRAM
N/A
N/A
Memory channelsDual
N/A
N/A

Thermals

Thermal specification158.0 °F162.32 °F159.8 °F

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