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AMD Athlon II X2 250 Cpu
AMD Athlon II X2 250
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AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Cpu
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
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Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Cpu
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Cpu
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
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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 socketAM3AM4LGA 775LGA 775
Operating modes64-bit64-bit64-bit64-bit
Component for
N/A
PCPC
N/A

Processor

Clock speed3.0 GHz3.6 GHz3.0 GHz2.4 GHz
Number of cores2624
Thermal Design Power (TDP)65.0 W65.0 W65.0 W95.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Max turbo speed
N/A
4.2 GHz
N/A
N/A
Number of threads
N/A
1224
Bus type
N/A
N/A
FSBFSB
Bus speed
N/A
N/A
1333.0 MHz1066.0 MHz
Idle states
N/A
N/A
yesyes

Memory

Cache2 MB32 MB6 MB8 MB
Cache typeL2L3L2L2
Memory clock speeds supported by processor
N/A
3200.0 MHz
N/A
N/A
Memory types supported by processor
N/A
DDR4 SDRAM
N/A
N/A
Memory channels
N/A
Dual
N/A
N/A

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