Intel® Processor Comparison

When you decide to buy a new desktop or laptop, of course you first compare the price and following its capabilities, performance, functions, features, and many more. Processor is the main component that greatly affects the pricing. But as technology become more and more advance, sometimes it makes us very hard to choose and differentiate which processor that most suit our needs either basically for home user or workplace user.

Intel® is the most popular and broadly used processor which consumers get to choose for their computer. Intel has a long history of innovation in adding more and more capabilities to improve and enhance the performance of application to deliver a great computing experience for computer users. There are many recent additions of Intel® processors that make us more curious and confuse and very hard to make decision at which processor to choose which mostly suit our needs. There are some classification and some specific details about few types of Intel® processors.

Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor

Currently position as highest performing processor¹. Experience the new innovatory level of performance which provides vivid, high-definition experiences and multi-tasking responsiveness from Intel dual-core technologies. Currently, there are 5 types of Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor.

Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor QX9650
Clock Speed 3 GHz L2 Cache12 MB Front Side Bus Speed 1333 MHz

Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor QX6850
Clock Speed 3 GHz L2 Cache8M Front Side Bus Speed 1333 MHz

Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor QX6800
Clock Speed2.93 GHz L2 Cache8M Front Side Bus Speed 1066 MHz

Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor QX6700
Clock Speed2.66 GHz L2 Cache8M Front Side Bus Speed 1066 MHz

Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor X6800
Clock Speed2.93 GHz L2 Cache4M Front Side Bus Speed 1066 MHz

Intel® Core™2 Quad processor

The ideal processor for high thread entertainment applications and high productive multitasking.


Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q6700
Clock Speed 2.66 GHz L2 Cache 8M Front Side Bus Speed 1066 MHz

Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q6600
Clock Speed 2.40 GHz L2 Cache 8M Front Side Bus Speed 1066 MHz

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor

Designed to provide powerful energy-efficient performance as users can do more programs at once without slowing down..


Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6850
Clock Speed 3 GHz L2 Cache 4M Front Side Bus Speed 1333 MH

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6750
Clock Speed 2.66 GHz L2 Cache 4M Front Side Bus Speed 1333 MHz

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6700
Clock Speed 2.66 GHz L2 Cache 4M Front Side Bus Speed 1066 MHz

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6600
Clock Speed 2.40 GHz L2 Cache 4M Front Side Bus Speed 1066 MHz

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6550
Clock Speed 2.33 GHz L2 Cache 4M Front Side Bus Speed 1333 MHz

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6540
Clock Speed 2.33 GHz L2 Cache 4M Front Side Bus Speed 1333 MHz

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6420
Clock Speed 2.13 GHz L2 Cache 4M Front Side Bus Speed 1066 MHz

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6420
Clock Speed 2.13 GHz L2 Cache 4M Front Side Bus Speed 1066 MHz

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6400
Clock Speed 2.13 GHz L2 Cache 2M Front Side Bus Speed 1066 MHz

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6320
Clock Speed 1.86 GHz L2 Cache 4M Front Side Bus Speed 1066 MHz

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6400
Clock Speed 2.13 GHz L2 Cache 2M Front Side Bus Speed 1066 MHz

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6320
Clock Speed 1.86 GHz L2 Cache 4M Front Side Bus Speed 1066 MHz

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6300
Clock Speed 1.86 GHz L2 Cache 2M Front Side Bus Speed 1066 MHz

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E4600
Clock Speed 2.40 GHz L2 Cache 2 M Front Side Bus Speed 800 MHz

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E4500
Clock Speed 2.20 GHz L2 Cache 2M Front Side Bus Speed 800 MHz

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E4400
Clock Speed 2 GHz L2 Cache 2M Front Side Bus Speed 800 MHz

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E4300
Clock Speed 1.80 GHz L2 Cache 2M Front Side Bus Speed 800 MHz

Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core processor

The Intel® Pentium® dual-core processor delivers efficient desktop performance, low power enhancements, and multitasking ability. Newest addition to the Intel Pentium processor.

Pentium® Dual-Core Processor E2180
Clock Speed 2 GHz L2 Cache 1MB Front Side Bus Speed 800 MHz

Pentium® Dual-Core Processor E2160
Clock Speed 1.80 GHz L2 Cache 1MB Front Side Bus Speed 800 MHz

Pentium® Dual-Core Processor E2140
Clock Speed 1.60 GHz L2 Cache 1 MB Front Side Bus Speed 800 MHz

Clock Speed refers to the speed at which the processor executes instructions. Every processor contains an internal clock that regulates the rate at which instructions are executed. It is expressed in Megahertz (MHz), which is 1 million cycles per second or Gigahertz (GHz), which is 1 billion cycles per second.

L2 Cache is the size of 2nd level cache. L2 Cache is ultra-fast memory that buffers information being transferred between the processor and the slower RAM in an attempt to speed these types of transfers.

Front Side Bus Speed refers to the speed of the bus that connects the processor to main memory (RAM). As processors have become faster and faster, the system bus has become one of the chief bottlenecks in modern PCs. Typical bus speeds are 400 MHz, 533 MHz, 667 MHz, 800 MHz, 1066 MHz, and 1333 MHz