Semiconductor manufacturer Intel Corporation has microprocessors, or central processing units (CPUs), designated as the Q6600 and the E6600 under its Intel Core 2 line-up. Although they belong to the same family of desktop PC processors, the Core 2 Q6600 and the E6600 have their differences.
Core Number
Each CPU has a certain number of cores, or processing units. Intel manufactures the Q6600 as a quad-core processor, which means that it has four processing units. On the other hand, the E6600 has half that number and thus has the designation of a dual-core processor.
Speeds
The Core 2 Q6600 and the E6600 have a clock speed of 2.4 gigahertz, which means that they perform their fundamental operations as processors in the same pace. They also share the same 1,066-megahertz front-side bus speed, meaning that they connect at the same rate to the computer's motherboard.
Power Consumption
The Q6600 processor consumes more power than its counterpart, the E6600. While the former has a maximum thermal design power (max TDP) rate of 105 watts, that of the latter is 65 watts.
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