Celeron 220 vs Core 2 Duo E6600

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Celeron 220 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2802not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesCore 2 Duo (Desktop)no data
Power efficiency0.84no data
Architecture codenameConroe (2006−2007)Conroe (2006−2007)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)October 2007 (17 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Celeron 220 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 data1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz1.2 GHz
Bus rate1066 MHz533 MHz
L1 cacheno data64 KB
L2 cacheno data512 KB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm65 nm
Die sizeno data77 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistorsno data105 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data1V-1.3375V

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Celeron 220 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 dataPBGA479
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt19 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 and Celeron 220. 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 Celeron 220 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 Celeron 220 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
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.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Core 2 Duo E6600 919
+340%
Celeron 220 209

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 1
Threads 2 1
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 19 Watt

Core 2 Duo E6600 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Celeron 220, on the other hand, has 242.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo E6600 and Celeron 220. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core 2 Duo E6600 is a desktop processor while Celeron 220 is a notebook one.


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