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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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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 socketAM3LGA 775LGA 775
Operating modes64-bit64-bit64-bit
Component for
N/A
PC
N/A

Processor

Clock speed3.0 GHz3.0 GHz2.4 GHz
Number of cores224
Thermal Design Power (TDP)65.0 W65.0 W95.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Number of threads
N/A
24
Bus type
N/A
FSBFSB
Bus speed
N/A
1333.0 MHz1066.0 MHz
Idle states
N/A
yesyes

Memory

Cache2 MB6 MB8 MB
Cache typeL2L2L2

Thermals

Thermal specification165.2 °F162.32 °F159.8 °F

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