Pentium E6500K vs Core 2 Duo T6500

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T6500 and Pentium E6500K processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2911not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Core 2 Duono data
Power efficiency1.27no data
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Wolfdale (2008−2010)
Release date1 January 2009 (15 years ago)9 August 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T6500 and Pentium E6500K 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed2.1 GHz2.93 GHz
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz0.93 GHz
Bus rate800 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB2 MB (shared)
L3 cache2 MB L2 Cache0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size107 mm282 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C74 °C
Number of transistors410 Million228 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier-+
VID voltage rangeno data0.85V – 1.3625V

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T6500 and Pentium E6500K 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
SocketPGA478LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T6500 and Pentium E6500K. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switchingno data-

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T6500 and Pentium E6500K technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo T6500 and Pentium E6500K are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-x-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T6500 and Pentium E6500K. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo T6500 and Pentium E6500K.

PCIe versionno data2.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2009 9 August 2009
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt

Core 2 Duo T6500 has 85.7% lower power consumption.

Pentium E6500K, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 months.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo T6500 and Pentium E6500K. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Core 2 Duo T6500 is a notebook processor while Pentium E6500K is a desktop one.


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