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CPULaptopReleased 2006

Intel Core 2 Duo T7600

2C/2T · 34 W

The Intel Core 2 Duo T7600 was the top model of the first Core 2 Duo notebook lineup, launched in August 2006 at $637 for Napa-platform laptops. Its two 65 nm Merom cores run at 2.33 GHz on a 667 MT/s front-side bus and share 4 MB of L2 cache, with a 34 W TDP in Socket M and 479-ball BGA packages. It was used in many high-end notebooks of the period, including Apple's MacBook Pro. It supports Intel VT-x virtualization and has no integrated graphics.

General

Manufacturer
Intel
Model
Intel Core 2 Duo T7600
Segment
Laptop
Generation
Core 2 Duo (Merom)
Codename
Merom
Architecture
x86_64
Microarchitecture
Merom
Release date
2006

Cores & clocks

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

Platform

Socket
Socket M (mPGA478MT) / PBGA479
2-CPU (multi-socket)
✕ No
Integrated GPU
None
Memory type
—
Memory size
—
ECC memory
—
PCIe
—

Instructions & AI

Instruction extensions
x86-64 (Intel 64)MMXSSESSE2SSE3SSSE3
NPU
None

OS support

Windows
Windows 10
Linux
UbuntuFedoraArch Linux
Notes
Windows 11 is not supported: version 24H2 and later require the POPCNT and SSE4.2 instructions, which Merom (SSSE3) does not provide. Windows 10 (64-bit) is the newest Windows release that will install. Current 64-bit Linux distributions still run on this processor. Not a supported ChromeOS Flex platform.
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