Opteron 4340 vs Core 2 Duo E6600

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Opteron 4340 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2808not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesCore 2 Duo (Desktop)no data
Power efficiency0.84no data
Architecture codenameConroe (2006−2007)Seoul (2012)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)4 December 2012 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Opteron 4340 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads26
Base clock speedno data3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz3.8 GHz
Bus rate1066 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data288 KB
L2 cacheno data6144 KB
L3 cacheno data8192 KB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data315 mm2
Number of transistorsno data1,200 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Opteron 4340 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 data2
Socketno dataC32
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Opteron 4340. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Opteron 4340 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Opteron 4340. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 6
Chip lithography 65 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 95 Watt

Core 2 Duo E6600 has 46.2% lower power consumption.

Opteron 4340, on the other hand, has 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 103.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo E6600 and Opteron 4340. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core 2 Duo E6600 is a desktop processor while Opteron 4340 is a server/workstation one.


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Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
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