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August 16, 2009

Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 vs T6600 – Technical Specs Comparison | Notebook processors

Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 vs T6600 technical Specifications - Dexternights.com

From the Festive Season of 2008, the Intel Core 2 T6400 has been the most popular among all the laptops sold, almost all the models had this processor (for mid range). Well Now Intel has launched a upgrade for the Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 processor, with a new Intel Core 2 Duo T6600.

Unlike the last upgrade say from the T5800 to T6400, this upgrade isnt major. Both T6400 and T6600 are almost the same except the Clock speed and that too a difference of only 0.2GHz. The T6400 is clocked at 2.0GHz and the T6600 runs at 2.2GH. Other than this difference everything else is the same.

So if you have a choice between two laptops with T6400 and T6600 and the cost of the newer processor is higher, don’t bother to pay the extra buck, take the one with T6400.(considering you are in Mid-Range Budget)

Both models support Intel 64 technology, package type is Micro-FCPGA.

For your satisfaction here are the Technical Specs

T6400 – CPU Speed – 2.0 GHz , Bus speed – 800 MHz , 2.0 MB L2 Cache , 35 w , 45nm technology

T6600 – CPU Speed – 2.2 GHz , Bus speed – 800 MHz , 2.0 MB L2 Cache , 35 w , 45nm technology

Now as per CPU / Processor Bencmark of the T5800, T6400 and T6600 the following are the results.

Intel Core 2 Duo T5800 – 1099

Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 – 1315

Intel Core 2 Duo T6600 – 1533

Intel Core 2 Duo T9550 – 1857

Intel Core 2 Duo T9600 – 1923

May 29, 2009August 30, 2009

Desktop processors comparison – Intel Quad Core Q8200 vs Q9400 vs Q9550

Name	Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q8200 (4M Cache, 2.33 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB)	Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q9550 (12M Cache, 2.83 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB)	Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q9400 (6M Cache, 2.66 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB)
Status	Launched	Launched	Launched
Launch Date	Q3’08	Q1’08	Q3’08
Embedded	N	N	Y
Supplemental SKU	N	N	N
Lithography	45 nm	45 nm	45 nm
Max TDP	95 W	95 W	95 W
1ku Bulk Budgetary Price	$163.00	$266.00	$213.00
Processor Number	Q8200	Q9550	Q9400
# of Cores	4	4	4
Clock Speed	2.33 GHz	2.83 GHz	2.66 GHz
Cache	4 MB L2 Cache	12 MB L2 Cache	6 MB L2 Cache
Bus Type	FSB	FSB	FSB
System Bus	1333 MHz	1333 MHz	1333 MHz
Instruction Set	64-bit	64-bit	64-bit
Core Voltage	0.8625V-1.237V		0.850v – 1.3625v
Intel® Demand Based Switching	N	N	N
Intel® Dynamic Speed Technology	N	N	N
Intel® 64	Y	Y	Y
Execute Disable Bit	Y	Y	Y
Halt State		Y	N
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology	N	N	N
Enhanced Intel® Speedstep Technology	Y	Y	Y
Intel® Trusted Execution Technology	N	Y	Y
Intel® VT-x	N	Y	Y
Package Specifications
Tcase	71.4°C	71.4°C	71.4°C
Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm	37.5mm x 37.5mm	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Die Size	164 mm²	214 mm²	164 mm²
# of Transistors	456 million	820 million	456 million
FSB Parity	N	Y	N
Sockets Supported	LGA775	LGA775	LGA775
Halogen Free Options Available	Y	Y	Y

The three processors Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q8200, Q9400 and Q9550, are the three options most Desktop buyers would be looking to choose between (Sorry for the AMD users, we will come back to AMD comparison soon) if they are looking for Quad Cores. All these processors have four cores and are in the entry to mid level of the Quad Core segment (All in premium end of overall processors). Price wise all of them fall in medium to premium segment costing between $150-$260 on their own ( Rs 9000.00 to Rs 15000.00 INR )
The highlights of these three processors are they all follow 45nm architecture, 95W power consumption and all are supported in LGA775 socket. So you can choose your motherboard and decide between these three procesors. All these processors use 1333 MHZ System Bus.
The main difference is the processor speed at 2.33GHZ, 2.66GHz and 2.83 GHz respectively which isn’t a big difference for the cost. Other significant difference in terms of technical details is the Cache which is 4MB L2, 6MB L2 and 12 MB L2 for processors Intel® Core 2 Quad Processor Q8200, Q9400 and Q9550 respectively. But the performance improvement of the increased cache can be hardly felt as most hardware experts say beyond 2MB L2 cache the difference in performance is minimal.
When we check the performance of the processor as per CPU benchmark results the results are very much progressive.

See the price vs performance ratio of the Quad Core desktop processors here.

February 12, 2009August 30, 2009

Intel core 2 duo T5800 vs T6400 Notebook processors comparision

Notebook Intel Core 2 Duo processors comparision T6400 vs T5800

Specs:

T6400 – 2 GHz 2MB L2 Cache , 800MHz FSB, 45nm (lower better), 35watts, Penryn Family of processors.

T5800 – 2 GHz 2MB L2 Cache , 800MHz FSB, 65nm(lower better) , 35watts, Merom Family of processors

And both the models support native 64 bit computing

Review:

T5800 was the popular model of Intel’s midrange laptops but it has got a upgrade with a new T6400 processor after the 2008 Christmas season. Almost all the major laptop brands have started sidelining their T5800 models in favour of T6400 with almost the same spec.

Many have asked me what is the difference between T5800 and T6400. Typically should be no major difference between the two, but if you have the choice and the price difference is less than or around 50$ always go for the newer model(T6400), the newer models have better architecture better support and your laptop might get a better resale value if you decide to sell.

The only difference in terms of specs is T6400 follows 45nm technology and belongs to the penryn family, whereas the T5800 follows the 65nm architecture.

CPU Benchmark (cpubenchmark.com) values of a very small sample of T6400 show a markedly high improvement over the T5800, im not sure if this is because of the overall higher configuration associated with current T6400 based laptops or maybe inaccurate performance measurement at cpu benchmark. I haven’t included the benchmark values as it could be misleading.