Pentium M 770 vs Core 2 Duo E6600

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Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Pentium M 770 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)Pentium M
Power efficiency0.84no data
Architecture codenameConroe (2006−2007)Dothan (2004−2005)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)19 January 2005 (19 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Pentium M 770 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 data2.13 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz0.01 GHz
Bus rate1066 MHz533 MHz
L1 cacheno data32 KB
L2 cacheno data2 MB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm90 nm
Die sizeno data87 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistorsno data144 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data1.26V-1.372V

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Pentium M 770 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 dataPPGA478, H-PBGA479
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt27 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Pentium M 770. 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-
Demand Based Switchingno data-
PAEno data32 Bit
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Pentium M 770 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 M 770 are enumerated here.

VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Pentium M 770. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Core 2 Duo E6600 2052
+177%
Pentium M 770 740

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 1
Threads 2 1
Chip lithography 65 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 27 Watt

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

Pentium M 770, on the other hand, has 140.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo E6600 and Pentium M 770. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core 2 Duo E6600 is a desktop processor while Pentium M 770 is a notebook one.


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