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Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Cpu
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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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The highly successful Core microarchitecture infiltrated desktops and laptops, but don't forget they also made their way into workstations and servers with the rejuvenated Xeon 5100 series. Codenamed Woodcrest, they aren't as expensive as perceived to be as we found out when pitting it against the Core 2 Extreme.Read more
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General

Processor socketLGA 775LGA 1155LGA 771
Operating modes64-bit64-bit64-bit
Component for
N/A
PCServer/Workstation

Processor

Clock speed2.4 GHz3.4 GHz3.0 GHz
Number of cores422
Number of threads442
Thermal Design Power (TDP)95.0 W55.0 W80.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Bus typeFSBDMIFSB
Bus speed1066.0 MHz
N/A
1333.0 MHz
Idle statesyesyesyes

Memory

Cache8 MB3 MB4 MB
Cache typeL2Smart CacheL2
Memory clock speeds supported by processor
N/A
  • 1333
  • 1600
N/A
Maximum internal memory supported by processor
N/A
32.0 GB
N/A
Memory types supported by processor
N/A
DDR3 SDRAM
N/A
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)
N/A
25.6 GB/s
N/A
Memory channels
N/A
Dual
N/A

Thermals

Thermal specification159.8 °F149.54 °F133.7 °F

Features

Thermal monitoring technologiesyesyesyes
Execute disable bityesyesyes
Supported instruction sets
N/A
  • AVX
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
N/A

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