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Intel Core 2 Duo E6300

2C/2T · 65 W

The Core 2 Duo E6300 was the entry model of Intel's original Conroe desktop lineup, released on July 27, 2006. It runs at 1.86 GHz on a 1066 MHz front-side bus with 2 MB of shared L2 cache in a 65 W TDP and supports Intel VT-x. Despite its modest clock speed it could match the previous Pentium Extreme Edition flagship, and its overclocking headroom made it an enthusiast favorite. It was succeeded by the E6320 with the full 4 MB cache in April 2007.

General

Manufacturer
Intel
Model
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300
Segment
Desktop
Generation
Core 2 Duo (Conroe)
Codename
Conroe
Architecture
x86_64
Microarchitecture
Conroe
Release date
Jul 27, 2006
Price
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Cores & clocks

Cores / threads
2 cores / 2 threads
Base clock
1.86 GHz
Boost clock
—
TDP (design W)
65 W
Unlocked
✕ No
L2 cache
2 MB
L3 cache
—
Technology (nm)
65 nm
Intel 65 nm

Platform

Socket
LGA775
2-CPU (multi-socket)
✕ No
Integrated GPU
None
Memory type
—
Memory size
—
ECC memory
—
PCIe
—

Instructions & AI

Instruction extensions
MMXSSESSE2SSE3SSSE3Intel 64VT-x
NPU
None

OS support

Windows
Windows 10
Linux
UbuntuFedoraArch Linux
Notes
Windows 11 is out of reach: the chip is far below the 8th-generation floor on Microsoft's supported-processor list and its platforms offer no TPM 2.0 or Secure Boot. Windows 10 and the mainstream Linux distributions still install, because they are built for the x86-64 baseline, but the CPU has no SSE4.2 or POPCNT, so any software that requires x86-64-v2 or newer will not run. ChromeOS Flex does not cover hardware of this era.

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