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Intel Core i7-2600K [Desktop]

General

Vendor
  • Intel
Family
  • Core i7
Model
  • i7-2600K
Architecture
  • Sandy Bridge
Core Codenames
  • Sandy Bridge
Release Dates
  • January, 2011

Package

Package Types
  • 1155-land LGA
Sockets
  • LGA1155 (Socket H2)
Lithography
  • 32 nm
Package and Die
  • 37.5 × 37.5 mm package
  • 216 mm² die area
  • 1.16 billion transistors
Core Steppings
  • D2
CPUIDs
  • 206A7
Spec Codes
Q1EBQ1HLSR00C
Part Numbers

Core Configuration

Core Structure

Number of Cores
  • 4
Number of Threads
  • 8
Multi-Threaded Cores
  • Yes (simultaneous)
Core Clock Frequency
  • 3.40 GHz
Turbo Core Clock Frequency
  • 3.80 GHz (1 core)
  • 3.70 GHz (2 cores)
  • 3.60 GHz (3 cores)
  • 3.50 GHz (4 cores)
Base Clock Frequency
  • 100 MHz
Clock Multiplier
  • × 34
Unlocked Clock Multiplier
  • Yes

Memory

Level 1 Instruction Cache
  • 32 kB × 4
  • Full-speed
Level 1 Data Cache
  • 32 kB × 4
  • Full-speed
Level 2 Cache
  • 256 kB × 4
  • Full-speed
Level 3 Cache
  • 8 MB
  • Full-speed

Data Connection

Data Bus

Data Connection Type
  • External Direct Media Interface 2.0
  • 4-bit (PCIe 2.0 ×4)
  • Single data rate
DMI Frequency
  • 5000 MHz (initial)
  • 5000 MT/s (effective)

Electrical and Thermal

Power

VID Range
  • 0.25 — 1.52 V
Configurable TDP
  • No
TDP
  • 95 W
Maximum Operating Temperature
  • 73°C

Integrated Graphics

Graphics

Integrated Graphics
  • Intel HD Graphics 3000
Architecture
  • Sandy Bridge
Core Codenames
  • Sandy Bridge-GT2
Core Configuration
  • 12 execution units
  • 48 unified shader processors
  • 1 texture mapping unit
  • 1 render output unit
  • Shader Model 4.1
Core Clock Frequency
  • 850 MHz
Turbo Core Clock Frequency
  • 1350 MHz
Maximum Video Memory
  • Up to 1792 MB
API Support
  • DirectX 10.1
  • OpenGL 3.3 (Linux)
  • OpenGL 3.3 (Mac)
  • OpenGL 3.1 (Windows)
Lithography
  • 32 nm

Features

Instruction Sets
  • x86
  • x86_64
Instruction Set Extensions
  • AES
  • AVX1
  • MMX
  • SSE / SSE2 / SSE3 / SSE4.1 / SSE4.2 / SSSE3
Core Features
  • Hyper-Threading
  • Integrated memory controller (DDR3)
  • Intel 64
  • Turbo Boost 2.0
  • VT-x
  • XD
Low-Power Features
  • C-states
  • Enhanced SpeedStep

Compatibility

Platform Support
  • Sugar Bay with Cougar Point chipsets
Supported Chipsets
  • Intel B65
  • Intel H61 / H67
  • Intel P67
  • Intel Q65 / Q67
  • Intel Z68
Supported RAM Types
  • 64-bit single-channel memory bus
  • 128-bit dual-channel memory bus
  • DDR3-800 / DDR3-1066 / DDR3-1333
Maximum Memory Bandwidth
  • Up to 10.672 GB/s (single-channel)
  • Up to 21.344 GB/s (dual-channel)
RAM Limit
  • 32 GB

Notes

Notes for This Processor
  1. Boxed processor.
  2. OEM processor.

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