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Intel

Intel Core 2 Duo E6420

Processor

CPU cores: 2
CPU threads: 2^*
Thermal design power: 65 W

No matched benchmark results are available for this entry yet.

Processing & platform

CPU cores: 2
CPU threads: 2^*
Base clock: 2.13 GHz
CPU reference clock: 266 MHz^*
Reported CPU clock: 2.133 GHz^*
L2 cache: 4 MB
Architecture: Core^*
Socket / package: LGA 775
Process node: 65 nm^*
Reported chip die area: 111 mm²^*
Chip/package TDP: 65 W^*
Transistors: 167 million^*
Hardware threads per core: 2^*

Cache hierarchy

L2 / total
Level
L2
Scope
total
Size
4 MB

Compatible sockets

LGA 775

Power specifications

Thermal design power: 65 W

System configuration

Detailed specifications

Specifications 1 · 12 fields

model: E6420^*
clock: 2,130^*
hw nthreadspercore: 2^*
hw ncores: 2^*
tdp: 65^*
transistors: 291^*
die size: 143^*
vdd low: 0.85^*
vdd high: 1.5^*
name Processor family: Core 2 Duo^*
name Processor code name: Conroe^*
l2 shared CPU cache configuration: 4,096^*

Specifications 2 · 31 fields

name: Core 2 Duo E6420^*
Release Date: Apr 1st, 2007^*
Part#: SLA4T^*
Frequency: 2.133^* GHz
Base Clock: 266^* MHz
Multiplier: 8.0x^*
Multiplier Unlocked: No^*
Voltage: 1.2^* V
TDP: 65^* W
Codename: Conroe^*
Socket: Intel Socket 775^*
Generation: Core 2 Duo (Conroe)^*
Memory Support: DDR1, DDR2, DDR3^*
ECC Memory: No^*
# of Cores: 2^*
# of Threads: 2^*
SMP # CPUs: 1^*
Integrated Graphics: On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)^*
Cache L1: 64^* KB
Cache L2: 4^* MB
Features: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, EIST, Intel 64, iAMT2, VT^*
Foundry: Intel^*
Memory Bus: Dual-channel^*
Launch Price: $183^*
PCI-Express: Gen 2^*
Process Size: 65^* nm
Transistors: 167 million^*
Die Size: 111^* mm²
Package: FC-LGA6^*
Market: Desktop^*
Production Status: End-of-life^*

Specifications 3 · 10 fields

Foundry: Intel^*
Vendor: Intel^*
Product: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420^*
Type: CPU^*
Release Date: 2007-04-01^*
Process Size (nm): 65^* nm
TDP (W): 65^* W
Die Size (mm^2): 111^* mm²
Transistors (million): 167^*
Freq (MHz): 2,133^* MHz

Specifications 4 · 11 fields

microarchitecture

Core^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

microarchitecture

Core^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

Reported core clock

2.13^* GHz

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Source calls this core clock; it is not relabelled as base, sustained or gaming clock.^*

Reported core clock

2.13^* GHz

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Source calls this core clock; it is not relabelled as base, sustained or gaming clock.^*

core count

2^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

core count

2^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

Historical listing price (dataset 2025-07-23)

amount: 69.95^*
currency: USD^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*
scope: Historical listing observation; retailer, stock and current availability unknown^*

USD

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

name

Intel Core 2 Duo E6420^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

name

Intel Core 2 Duo E6420^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

tdp

65^* W

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

tdp

65^* W

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core 2 Duo E6420^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

* Provisional data