Athlon X2 4450e vs Core 2 Duo E6600

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Athlon X2 4450e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2806not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesCore 2 Duo (Desktop)no data
Power efficiency0.84no data
Architecture codenameConroe (2006−2007)Brisbane (2007−2008)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)April 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Athlon X2 4450e 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus rate1066 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cacheno data512 KB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm65 nm
Die sizeno data126 mm2
Number of transistorsno data154 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Athlon X2 4450e 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 configurationno data1
Socketno dataAM2
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt45 Watt

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Core 2 Duo E6600 263
+15.9%
Athlon X2 4450e 227

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Core 2 Duo E6600 420
Athlon X2 4450e 420

Pros & cons summary


Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 45 Watt

Athlon X2 4450e has 44.4% lower power consumption.

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Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
Core 2 Duo E6600
AMD Athlon X2 4450e
Athlon X2 4450e

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