Atom D2550 vs Core 2 Duo T6600

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T6600 and Atom D2550 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2874	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core 2 Duo	Intel Atom
Power efficiency	1.35	no data
Architecture codename	Penryn (2008−2011)	Cedarview (2011−2012)
Release date	6 January 2009 (15 years ago)	1 November 2011 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T6600 and Atom D2550 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	2.2 GHz	1.86 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.2 GHz	1.87 GHz
Bus rate	800 MHz	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB L2 Cache	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Die size	107 mm2	66 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	410 Million	176 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1V-1.25V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T6600 and Atom D2550 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	PGA478	FCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T6600 and Atom D2550. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	-
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	+
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
PAE	no data	36 Bit
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T6600 and Atom D2550 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo T6600 and Atom D2550 are enumerated here.

VT-d	no data	-
VT-x	-	-
VT-i	no data	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T6600 and Atom D2550. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR3
Maximum memory size	no data	4 GB
Max memory channels	no data	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	6.4 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core 2 Duo T6600 and Atom D2550 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

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2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo T6600 and Atom D2550.

PCI Express lanes

no data

4

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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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	6 January 2009	1 November 2011
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	10 Watt

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