Pentium Extreme Edition 965 vs Core 2 Duo E6700

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo E6700 and Pentium Extreme Edition 965 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2666	2667
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.98	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	Core 2 Duo (Desktop)	no data
Architecture codename	Conroe (2006−2007)	Presler (2006−2007)
Release date	no data	26 March 2006 (18 years ago)
Current price	$18	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo E6700 and Pentium Extreme Edition 965 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	no data	3.733 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.66 GHz	0.73 GHz
Bus support	1066 MHz	no data
L1 cache	no data	16 KB (per core)
L2 cache	no data	2 MB (per core)
Chip lithography	65 nm	65 nm
Die size	no data	2x 81 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	67 °C
Number of transistors	no data	376 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	Yes

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo E6700 and Pentium Extreme Edition 965 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 configuration	no data	1
Socket	no data	775
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	130 Watt

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo E6700 and Pentium Extreme Edition 965 are enumerated here.

VT-x

no data

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo E6700 and Pentium Extreme Edition 965. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Depends on motherboard

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

On 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.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pros & cons summary

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Threads	2	4
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	130 Watt

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