Atom 230 vs Core 2 Duo E6600

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Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Atom 230 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2800not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesCore 2 Duo (Desktop)Intel Atom
Power efficiency0.84no data
Architecture codenameConroe (2006−2007)Silverthorne (2008−2010)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)2 April 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$29

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Atom 230 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads22
Base clock speedno data1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz0.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataFSB
Bus rate1066 MHz533.33 MT/s
Multiplierno data12
L1 cacheno data56 KB
L2 cacheno data512 KB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data25.9638 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data85 °C
Number of transistorsno data47 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data0.9V-1.1625V

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Atom 230 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socketno dataPBGA437
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt4 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Atom 230. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Atom 230 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Atom 230 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Atom 230. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Core 2 Duo E6600 919
+444%
Atom 230 169

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Core 2 Duo E6600 2462
+342%
Atom 230 557

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Core 2 Duo E6600 4698
+452%
Atom 230 851

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 1
Chip lithography 65 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 4 Watt

Core 2 Duo E6600 has 100% more physical cores.

Atom 230, on the other hand, has a 44.4% more advanced lithography process, and 1525% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo E6600 and Atom 230. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core 2 Duo E6600 is a desktop processor while Atom 230 is a notebook one.


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