Phenom II X3 P860 vs Core 2 Duo E6550

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo E6550 and Phenom II X3 P860 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2821	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	3x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiency	0.81	no data
Architecture codename	Conroe (2006−2007)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	July 2007 (17 years ago)	4 October 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo E6550 and Phenom II X3 P860 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	3 (Tri-Core)
Threads	2	3
Base clock speed	2.33 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.33 GHz	2 GHz
Bus rate	1333 MHz	3600 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB	384 KB
L2 cache	4 MB	1.5 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	65 nm	45 nm
Die size	143 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	72 °C	no data
Number of transistors	291 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.5V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo E6550 and Phenom II X3 P860 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	no data
Socket	PLGA775	S1
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo E6550 and Phenom II X3 P860. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Virtualization, AMD64, Advanced Virus Protection, SSE(1,2,3,4a)
VirusProtect	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo E6550 and Phenom II X3 P860 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo E6550 and Phenom II X3 P860 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo E6550 and Phenom II X3 P860. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

DDR3

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	2	3
Threads	2	3
Chip lithography	65 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	25 Watt

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