Pentium 4 660 vs Core 2 Duo E6600

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Pentium 4 660 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2803not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesCore 2 Duo (Desktop)Pentium 4
Power efficiency0.84no data
Architecture codenameConroe (2006−2007)Prescott 2M
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Pentium 4 660 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)
Threads21
Base clock speedno data3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz3.6 GHz
Bus rate1066 MHz800 MHz
L3 cacheno data2 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography65 nm90 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data71 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data1.2V-1.4V

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Pentium 4 660 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.

Socketno dataPLGA775,PPGA775
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt115 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Pentium 4 660. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Pentium 4 660 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 Pentium 4 660 are enumerated here.

VT-xno data-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Core 2 Duo E6600 36.2
+132%
Pentium 4 660 84

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 1
Threads 2 1
Chip lithography 65 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 115 Watt

Core 2 Duo E6600 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 38.5% more advanced lithography process, and 76.9% lower power consumption.

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