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Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Cpu
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Cpu
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 Cpu
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650
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Intel Core i5 2500 Cpu
Intel Core i5 2500
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General

Processor socketLGA 775LGA 775LGA 775LGA 1155
Component forPC
N/A
N/A
N/A
Operating modes64-bit64-bit
N/A
64-bit

Processor

Clock speed3.0 GHz2.4 GHz3.0 GHz3.3 GHz
Number of cores2444
Number of threads2444
Thermal Design Power (TDP)65.0 W95.0 W95.0 W95.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Bus typeFSBFSBFSBDMI
Bus speed1333.0 MHz1066.0 MHz1333.0 MHz
N/A
Idle statesyesyesyesyes
Max turbo speed
N/A
N/A
N/A
3.7 GHz

Memory

Cache6 MB8 MB12 MB6 MB
Cache typeL2L2L2L3
Maximum internal memory supported by processor
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N/A
N/A
32.0 GB
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)
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N/A
N/A
21.0 GB/s

Features

Thermal monitoring technologiesyesyesyesyes
Execute disable bityesyesyesyes
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes
N/A
N/A
N/A
16
Supported instruction sets
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N/A
N/A
AVX

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