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| Price | $371 at 1 store | $209 to $355 at 14 stores | $1,128 at 1 store | $184 to $280 at 8 stores | |
| CNET editors' rating |
4.5 stars
Spectacular
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3.5 stars
Very good
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4.0 stars
Excellent
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3.0 stars
Good
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| Average user rating | 4.0 stars out of 27 reviews | 4.5 stars out of 4 reviews | 4.5 stars out of 6 reviews | 4.5 stars out of 2 reviews | 4.0 stars out of 3 reviews |
| Release date | July 13, 2006 | January 11, 2007 | May 23, 2006 | July 13, 2006 | March 27, 2008 |
| The Bottom Line | Intel's Core 2 Duo E6700 offers the best price-to-performance ratio we've seen in a desktop chip. For half the cost of AMD's top-of-the-line chip, you get identical if not superior performance and better power efficiency. AMD surprised us last year with its completely dominant dual-core chips, but Intel regains the crown with Core 2 Duo. | AMD's new high-end dual-core CPU offers plenty of bang for the buck, outpacing Intel's Pentium 965 Extreme Edition, which costs $200 more. Sounds like a good deal, but wait to see what Intel's next-gen Core 2 Duo chips have to offer when they debut later this year. | AMD's Athlon 64 FX line has worn the desktop CPU performance crown for over a year. The king is dead. Intel's new flagship Core 2 Extreme X6800 not only hands AMD a defeat on all of our benchmarks, but it's also a more efficient, better designed chip overall. | AMD's new Phenom X4 9850 is overpriced and outclassed compared with its Intel-based quad-core competition. If PC vendors can use this chip to make cheap systems (as they did with older Phenoms), we might have nicer things to say, but as a DIY part at this price, we can't recommend AMD's latest quad-core CPU. | Basic specs |
| Features | See What's the Same or What's different | ||||
| Features |
Intel 64 Technology Enhanced SpeedStep technology Execute Disable Bit capability Intel Virtualization Technology |
Intel Advanced Digital Media Boost Intel 64 Technology Intel Wide Dynamic Execution Enhanced SpeedStep technology Execute Disable Bit capability Intel Virtualization Technology Intel Advanced Smart Cache Intel Smart Memory Access |
Integrated memory controller AMD64 technology HyperTransport technology Enhanced Virus Protection |
Intel 64 Technology Enhanced SpeedStep technology Execute Disable Bit capability Intel Virtualization Technology |
HyperTransport technology AMD Virtualization AMD Cool'n'Quiet Technology Enhanced Virus Protection |
| Cache Memory |
L2 cache Advanced Smart Cache - 4 MB |
L2 cache Advanced Smart Cache - 8 MB ( 2 x 4MB (4MB per core pair) ) |
L2 cache 1 MB |
L2 cache Advanced Smart Cache - 4 MB |
L2 - 4 x 512 KB - L3 cache 2 MB |
| Bus Speed |
1066 MHz |
1066 MHz |
Info unavailable |
1066 MHz |
Info unavailable |
| Compatible Slots |
1 x Processor - LGA775 Socket |
1 x Processor - LGA775 Socket |
1 x Processor |
1 x Processor - LGA775 Socket |
1 x Processor - Socket AM2+ |
| Manufacturing Process |
65 nm |
65 nm |
Info unavailable |
65 nm |
65 nm |
| Multi-Core Technology |
Dual-Core |
Quad-Core |
Info unavailable |
Dual-Core |
Quad-Core |
| Processor Qty |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Product Description |
Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 / 2.66 GHz Processor |
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 / 2.4 GHz Processor |
AMD Athlon 64 X2 2.6 GHz Processor |
Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 / 2.93 GHz Processor |
AMD Black Edition AMD Phenom X4 9850 / 2.5 GHz Processor |
| 64-bit Computing |
Yes |
Yes |
Info unavailable |
Yes |
Yes |
| Product Type |
Processor |
Processor |
Processor |
Processor |
Processor |
| Compatible Processor Socket |
LGA775 Socket |
LGA775 Socket |
Info unavailable |
LGA775 Socket |
Socket AM2+ |
| Clock Speed |
2.66 GHz |
2.4 GHz |
2.6 GHz |
2.93 GHz |
2.5 GHz |
| Manufacturer Warranty |
3 years warranty |
3 years warranty |
3 years warranty |
3 years warranty |
3 years warranty |
| Processor Type |
Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 |
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