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Introduction

Based on revolutionary Intel® Core™ microarchitecture, the breakthrough Intel® Core™2 Duo processor family is designed to provide powerful energy-efficient performance so you can do more at once without slowing down.

With Intel® Core™2 Duo processor, you'll experience revolutionary performance, unbelievable system responsiveness, and energy-efficiency second to none. And, you won't have to slow down for virus scan, multiple compute intensive programs, or multimedia downloads—these desktop processors are up to 40 percent faster with improved energy-efficiency.

Features

Delivering the best overall performance. Period.
With Intel Core 2 Duo processors powering your desktop and laptop PCs you'll get the latest arsenal of performance-rich technologies, including up to 4MB of shared L2 cache, up to 1333 MHz front side bus for desktop, and up to 800 MHz front side bus for laptop, you've got the future of computing now, and only from Intel:

• Intel® Wide Dynamic Execution, enabling delivery of more instructions per clock cycle to improve execution time and energy efficiency
• Intel® Intelligent Power Capability, designed to deliver more energy-efficient performance and smarter battery performance in your laptop
• Intel® Smart Memory Access, improving system performance by optimizing the use of the available data bandwidth
• Intel® Advanced Smart Cache, providing a higher-performance, more efficient cache subsystem. Optimized for multi-core and dual-core processors
• Intel® Advanced Digital Media Boost, accelerating a broad range of applications, including video, speech and image, photo processing, encryption, financial, engineering and scientific applications

Additional desktop performance

• Big, big performance. More energy efficient.¹ Now available in smaller packages.
  The Intel Core 2 Duo processor-based desktop PC was designed from the ground up for energy efficiency, letting you enjoy higher performing, ultra-quiet, sleek, and low power desktop PC designs.
• Multitask with reckless abandon.
  Do more at the same time, like playing your favorite music, running virus scan in the background, and all while you edit video or pictures. The powerful Intel Core 2 Duo desktop processor PCs provides you with the speed you need to perform any and all tasks imaginable.
• Love your PC again.
  Don't settle for anything less than the very best. Find your perfect desktop powered by the Intel Core 2 Duo processor and get the best processing technology money can buy. Only from Intel.
• Discover, heal, and protect your business.
  The best Intel®-based desktops for business deliver the next stage in IT security & management with hardware-based proactive security and enhanced maintenance and management technologies, plus exceptional performance and energy efficiency to provide Intel's optimal foundation to power Microsoft Windows Vista.

Specifications

• Mfr Part Number: BX80557E6850
  
• Process Type: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6850
  
• Frequency: 3 GHz
  
• FSB: 1333 MHz
  
• Cache: 4 MB
  
• Process: 65 nm
  
• Socket: Socket 775
  
• Power Consumption: 65 W
  
• This processor is a Dual-Core processor
  
• This processor supports Enhanced Halt State (C1E)
  
• This processor supports Enhanced Intel Speedstep Technology
  
• This processor supports Execute Disable Bit capability
  
• This processor supports Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology (EM64T)
  
• This processor supports Intel Thermal Monitor 2
  
• This processor supports Intel Virtualization Technology
• Package: Retail