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Product Name

Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q6600 (8M Cache, 2.40 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB)

Intel® Core™ i5-540M Processor (3M Cache, 2.53 GHz)

Code Name

Kentsfield

Arrandale

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Essentials

Status

Launched

Launched

Launch Date

Q1'07

Q1'10

Processor Number

Q6600

i5-540M

# of Cores

4

2

Clock Speed

2.4 GHz

2.53 GHz

Max Turbo Frequency

3.066 GHz

Cache

8 MB L2 Cache

3 MB Intel® Smart Cache

Bus Type

FSB

DMI

System Bus

1066 MHz

2.5 GT/s

FSB Parity

No

Instruction Set

64-bit

64-bit

Instruction Set Extensions

SSE4.1, SSE4.2

Embedded Options Available

No

No

Lithography

65 nm

32 nm

Max TDP

105 W

35 W

VID Voltage Range

0.8500V-1.5V

Recommended Customer Price

N/A

TRAY: $257.00
BOX : $269.00

# of Threads

4

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Memory Specifications

Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)

8 GB

Memory Types

DDR3-800/1066

# of Memory Channels

2

Max Memory Bandwidth

17.1 GB/s

Physical Address Extensions

36-bit

ECC Memory Supported

No

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Graphics Specifications

Graphics Base Frequency

500 MHz

Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency

766 MHz

Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)

Yes

Intel® Clear Video HD Technology

Yes

Macrovision* License Required

No

# of Displays Supported

2

Processor Graphics

Yes

Graphics Model

Intel® HD Graphics

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Expansion Options

PCI Express Revision

2.0

PCI Express Configurations

1x16

# of PCI Express Lanes

16

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Package Specifications

Max CPU Configuration

1

T_CASE

B3=62.2°C; G0=71°C

T_JUNCTION

105°C

Package Size

37.5mm x 37.5mm

rPGA 37.5mmx 37.5mm, BGA 34mmx28mm

Processing Die Size

286 mm²

81 mm²

# of Processing Die Transistors

582 million

382 million

Graphics and IMC Lithography

45 nm

Graphics and IMC Die Size

114 mm²

# of Graphics and IMC Die Transistors

177 million

Sockets Supported

LGA775

BGA1288, PGA988

Low Halogen Options Available

See MDDS

See MDDS

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Advanced Technologies

Intel® Turbo Boost Technology

No

Yes

Intel® vPro Technology

Yes

Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology

No

Yes

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)

Yes

Yes

Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)

Yes

Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Yes

Intel® Trusted Execution Technology

No

Yes

AES New Instructions

No

Yes

Intel® 64

Yes

Yes

Idle States

Yes

Yes

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology

Yes

Yes

Intel® Demand Based Switching

No

Thermal Monitoring Technologies

Yes

Yes

Intel® Fast Memory Access

Yes

Intel® Flex Memory Access

Yes

Execute Disable Bit

Yes

Yes

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