Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 HH80562PH0568M (BX80562Q6600)

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 specifications

General information

Type

CPU / Microprocessor

Market segment

Desktop

Family

Intel Core 2 Quad

Model number ?

Q6600

CPU part numbers

HH80562PH0568M is an OEM/tray microprocessor
BX80562Q6600 is a boxed microprocessor

Frequency ?

2400 MHz

Bus speed ?

1066 MHz

Clock multiplier ?

Package

775-land Flip-Chip Land Grid Array (FC-LGA6)
1.48" x 1.48" (3.75 cm x 3.75 cm)

Socket

Socket 775 / LGA775 / T

Introduction date

Jan 8, 2007

Price at introduction

$851

S-spec numbers

	ES/QS processors				Production processors
Part number	QMAQ	QQGV	QUPT	QXVD	SL9UM	SLACR
BX80562Q6600					+	+
HH80562PH0568M	+	+	+	+	+	+

Architecture / Microarchitecture

Microarchitecture

Core

Processor core ?

Kentsfield

Core steppings ?

B0 (QMAQ)
B1 (QQGV)
B3 (QUPT, SL9UM)
G0 (QXVD, SLACR)

CPUIDs

6F4 (QMAQ)
6F7 (SL9UM)
6FB (QXVD, SLACR)

Manufacturing process

0.065 micron
582 million transistors

Die size

286mm²

Data width

64 bit

The number of cores

The number of threads

Floating Point Unit

Integrated

Level 1 cache size ?

4 x 32 KB instruction caches
4 x 32 KB data caches

Level 2 cache size ?

2 x 4 MB caches (each L2 cache is shared between 2 cores)

Multiprocessing

Uniprocessor

Features

MMX instructions
SSE / Streaming SIMD Extensions
SSE2 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 2
SSE3 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 3
SSSE3 / Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 3
EM64T / Extended Memory 64 technology / Intel 64 ?
VT / Virtualization technology ?
NX / XD / Execute disable bit ?

Low power features

Enhanced SpeedStep technology ?
Stop Grant state ?
Halt state
Extended Halt state

Electrical / Thermal parameters

V core ?

0.85V - 1.5V

Maximum operating temperature ?

60.3°C

Maximum power dissipation ?

155.25 Watt

Thermal Design Power ?

105 Watt

Notes on Intel HH80562PH0568M

Binary compatible with 32-bit x86 software
Bus frequency is 266 MHz. Because the processor uses Quad Data Rate bus the effective bus speed is 1066 MHz

CPUs, related to Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600

Model Cores /
Threads Freq. L2
cache TDP Features

Intel Core 2 Quad family, Socket 775

   Core 2 Quad Q6600 4 / 4 2.4 GHz 8 MB 105 Watt VT, ESS

   Core 2 Quad Q8400S 4 / 4 2.66 GHz 4 MB 65 Watt VT, ESS

   Core 2 Quad Q9400 4 / 4 2.66 GHz 6 MB 95 Watt VT, TXT, ESS

   Core 2 Quad Q9400S 4 / 4 2.66 GHz 6 MB 65 Watt VT, TXT, ESS

   Core 2 Quad Q6700 4 / 4 2.66 GHz 8 MB 95 Watt VT, ESS

   Core 2 Quad Q9500 4 / 4 2.83 GHz 6 MB 95 Watt VT, ESS

   Core 2 Quad Q9505 4 / 4 2.83 GHz 6 MB 95 Watt VT, TXT, ESS

   Core 2 Quad Q9505S 4 / 4 2.83 GHz 6 MB 65 Watt VT, TXT, ESS

   Core 2 Quad Q9450S 4 / 4 2.66 GHz 12 MB 65 Watt VT, ESS

   Core 2 Quad Q9450 4 / 4 2.66 GHz 12 MB 95 Watt VT, TXT, ESS

   Core 2 Quad Q9550 4 / 4 2.83 GHz 12 MB 95 Watt VT, TXT, ESS

   Core 2 Quad Q9550S 4 / 4 2.83 GHz 12 MB 65 Watt VT, TXT, ESS

   Core 2 Quad Q9700 4 / 4 3.16 GHz 6 MB 95 Watt VT, ESS

   Core 2 Quad Q9705 4 / 4 3.16 GHz 6 MB 95 Watt VT, TXT, ESS

   Core 2 Quad Q9650 4 / 4 3 GHz 12 MB 95 Watt VT, TXT, ESS

Other families, Core micro-architecture, Socket 775

   Celeron 440 1 / 1 2 GHz 512 KB 35 Watt VT, ESS

   Celeron 450 1 / 1 2.2 GHz 512 KB 35 Watt VT, ESS

   Celeron E3500 2 / 2 2.7 GHz 1 MB 65 Watt VT, ESS

   Pentium E5800 2 / 2 3.2 GHz 2 MB 65 Watt VT, ESS

   Pentium E6800 2 / 2 3.33 GHz 2 MB 65 Watt VT, ESS

   Core 2 Duo E8500 2 / 2 3.16 GHz 6 MB 65 Watt VT, TXT, ESS

   Core 2 Duo E8600 2 / 2 3.33 GHz 6 MB 65 Watt VT, TXT, ESS

   Core 2 Extreme QX9650 4 / 4 3 GHz 12 MB 130 Watt VT, ESS

   Core 2 Extreme QX9770 4 / 4 3.2 GHz 12 MB 136 Watt VT, ESS

• Highlighted numbers and features indicate whether specific processor performs better or worse than Core 2 Quad Q6600

• Within each category, the CPUs are sorted from slower (at the top) to faster (at the bottom)

• List of related CPUs is not complete.

• Features abbreviations:

VT - Virtualization
TXT - Trusted Execution
ESS - PowerNow! / Enhanced SpeedStep

FAQ

Q: I have an Intel Q6600 processor. Can I upgrade it?

A: Probably yes. CPU compatibility is determined by your motherboard. Please see CPU-Upgrade.com resource for CPU support list for your board.

Intel Q6600 Overclocking

Sorry, overclocking information is not available at this time.

Pictures (4)



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Benchmarks

Benchmark tools

Compare Intel Q6600 benchmark results with all tested CPUs from one of the following families:
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For additional benchmarks, comparing multi-threaded performance of this microprocessor with other Core 2 Quad CPUs and the fastest AMD and Intel x86 chips, please visit Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 benchmarks page.

Intel Q6600 benchmarks

The graphs below show up to 10 processors with aproximately the same level of performance in different types of applications. All processors were tested at nominal frequency (not overclocked), with stock heatsink and default BIOS settings. To see how the Q6600 compares to other CPUs please see benchmark tools section above.

Benchmarked processor

S-spec number: SL9UM

CPU ID: 06F7h

CPU vendor string: GenuineIntel

CPU name string: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU @ 2.40GHz

Integer performance

Part number Result

AMD Phenom II X4 960T ?

103.4%

AMD Phenom II X4 945 (95W, rev. C2) ?

103.4%

AMD Phenom II X4 945 (125W) ?

103.4%

AMD Phenom II X4 B95 ?

103.3%

AMD A8-3850 ?

103.3%

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 ?

100%

AMD Athlon II X4 635 (rev. C3) ?

99.9%

AMD Athlon II X4 635 (rev. C2) ?

99.9%

AMD Phenom II X4 840T ?

99.9%

Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 ?

98%

AMD Phenom II X4 925 (rev. C2) ?

96.5%

Floating Point performance

Part number Result

Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 ?

103.9%

AMD Athlon II X3 440 (rev. C2) ?

103.4%

AMD Phenom II X3 740 ?

103.3%

AMD Athlon II X3 440 (rev. C3) ?

103.1%

AMD Phenom II X3 B75 ?

102.8%

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 ?

100%

AMD Athlon II X3 435 (rev. C3) ?

99.8%

AMD Athlon II X3 435 (rev. C2) ?

99.8%

AMD Phenom II X3 715 ?

96.8%

AMD Phenom II X3 720 (BE) ?

96.5%

AMD Phenom II X3 720 (non-BE) ?

96.5%

MMX / SSE / SSE2 performance

Part number Result

Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 ?

101.7%

AMD FX-4100 ?

101.5%

AMD A8-3820 ?

100.9%

AMD Athlon II X4 631 ?

100.8%

AMD A6-3650 ?

100.8%

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 ?

100%

AMD Athlon II X3 455 ?

99.9%

AMD Phenom II X4 910e ?

98.8%

AMD Phenom II X4 910 ?

98.6%

AMD Phenom II X4 810 ?

98.5%

AMD Athlon II X4 620e ?

97.8%

Memory-intensive program performance

Part number Result

AMD Athlon II X4 645 ?

102.6%

AMD Athlon II X3 460 ?

102.2%

AMD Athlon II X4 640 (rev. E0) ?

101.3%

AMD Athlon II X3 455 ?

101%

AMD Athlon II X4 640 ?

100.8%

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 ?

100%

AMD Athlon II X3 450 ?

99.8%

AMD Athlon II X4 635 (rev. C2) ?

99.8%

AMD Athlon II X4 635 (rev. C3) ?

99.7%

AMD A6-3620 ?

98.5%

AMD Athlon II X4 630 (rev. C3) ?

98.4%

CPU ID (10)

CPUID Tools

Our CPUID database contains 10 records for this microprocessor. See all submitted records.
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CPUID features of Intel Q6600

NOTE: The CPU ID information below was taken from one CPU and may include features that are not present in all different steppings of the Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 CPU.

Manufacturer:	Intel
CPU Family:	Core 2 Quad
Processor Number:	Q6600
Frequency:	2400 MHz

Part number:	HH80562PH0568M
S-Spec Number:
Comment:
Submitted by:

General information
Vendor:	GenuineIntel
Processor name (BIOS):	Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
Cores:	4
Logical processors:	4
Processor type:	Original OEM Processor
CPUID signature:	6FB
Family:	6 (06h)
Model:	15 (0Fh)
Stepping:	11 (0Bh)
TLB/Cache details:	3rd-level cache: 4-MB, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size (Intel Xeon processor MP, Family 0Fh, Model 06h), 2nd-level cache: 4-MB, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size 64-byte Prefetching Data TLB: 4-KB Pages, 4-way set associative, 256 entries Data TLB: 4-MB Pages, 4-way set associative, 32 entries Instruction TLB: 2-MB pages, 4-way, 8 entries or 4M pages, 4-way, 4 entries Instruction TLB: 4-KB Pages, 4-way set associative, 128 entries L1 Data TLB: 4-KB pages, 4-way set associative, 16 entries L1 Data TLB: 4-MB pages, 4-way set associative, 16 entries

Cache: L1 data L1 instruction L2

Size: 4 x 32 KB 4 x 32 KB 2 x 4 MB

Associativity: 8-way set
associative 8-way set
associative 16-way set
associative

Line size: 64 bytes 64 bytes 64 bytes

Comments: Direct-mapped Direct-mapped Non-inclusive
Direct-mapped
1 cache per 2 cores

Instruction set extensions Additional instructions

MMX CLFLUSH

SSE CMOV

SSE2 CMPXCHG16B

SSE3 CMPXCHG8B

SSSE3 FXSAVE/FXRSTORE

MONITOR/MWAIT

SYSENTER/SYSEXIT

Major features Other features

On-chip Floating Point Unit 36-bit page-size extensions

64-bit / Intel 64 64-bit debug store

NX bit/XD-bit Advanced programmable interrupt controller

Intel Virtualization CPL qualified debug store

Enhanced SpeedStep Debug store

Debugging extensions

Digital Thermal Sensor capability

LAHF / SAHF support in 64-bit mode

Machine check architecture

Machine check exception

Memory-type range registers

Model-specific registers

Page attribute table

Page global extension

Page-size extensions (4MB pages)

Pending break enable

Perfmon and Debug capability

Physical address extensions

Self-snoop

Thermal monitor

Thermal monitor 2

Thermal monitor and software controlled clock facilities

Time stamp counter

Virtual 8086-mode enhancements

xTPR Update Control

Comments (2)

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Thermal Design Power spec missing detail.

2007-12-14 21:54:06

Posted by: Moshpit

The TDP of 105w is only for B3 revision. SLACR chips, otherwise known as G0 revision has a TDP of 95w instead. SLACR chips are all that Intel is making anymore so most new Q6600's will be G0.

Linux /proc/cpuinfo output

2010-01-04 08:31:53

Posted by: Graaf_van_Vlaanderen - Belgium

Linux 2.6.31.9-174.fc12.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Dec 21 05:33:33 UTC 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
stepping : 11
cpu MHz : 1596.000
cache size : 4096 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 0
cpu cores : 4
apicid : 0
initial apicid : 0
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority
bogomips : 4810.72
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor : 1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
stepping : 11
cpu MHz : 1596.000
cache size : 4096 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 2
cpu cores : 4
apicid : 2
initial apicid : 2
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority
bogomips : 4810.82
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor : 2
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
stepping : 11
cpu MHz : 1596.000
cache size : 4096 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 1
cpu cores : 4
apicid : 1
initial apicid : 1
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority
bogomips : 4810.81
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor : 3
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
stepping : 11
cpu MHz : 1596.000
cache size : 4096 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 4
core id : 3
cpu cores : 4
apicid : 3
initial apicid : 3
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority
bogomips : 4810.82
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

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