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AMD A4 3400 Cpu
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Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 Cpu
Intel Core 2 Duo E7500
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Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Cpu
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Cpu
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
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We take a look at what the A4-3400 APU can offer on a budget platform and decide if it is worthy of your consideration. What will we think of the low end APU?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 socketFM1LGA 775LGA 775LGA 775
Component forPCPC
N/A
N/A
Operating modes64-bit64-bit
N/A
64-bit

Processor

Clock speed2.7 GHz2.93 GHz3.16 GHz2.4 GHz
Number of cores2224
Thermal Design Power (TDP)65.0 W65.0 W65.0 W95.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Number of threads
N/A
2
N/A
4
Bus type
N/A
FSB
N/A
FSB
Bus speed
N/A
1066.0 MHz1333.0 MHz1066.0 MHz
Idle states
N/A
yes
N/A
yes

Memory

Cache0.512 MB3 MB6 MB8 MB
Cache typeL2L2
N/A
L2

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