Cinebench 9.5 showed more of a difference -- the top-spec Core 2 Duo machine was 11 per cent faster than the Core Duo system in our single CPU test, and 8.5 per cent faster in the multi-CPU test.

Core 2 Duo "Conroe" Die: We have posted a myriad of information related to Intel's Core microarchitecture and Core 2 Duo and Extreme processors over the last few months here at HotHardware.com.

Intel Core 2 Duo processors, twice the RAM, higher hard drive capacities, and the addition of a FireWire 800 port and double-layer DVD burning add up to a surprisingly substantial update to Apple ...

The Core 2 Duo E7200 processor is ripe for overclocking, as it runs at a lower-than-standard front side bus speed for the processor lineup, has very low power consumption by default, ...

Examined broadly, Apple Computer's new Core 2 Duo-based MacBook Pro notebooks are strikingly similar to their predecessors, though more careful inspection has turned up a number of notable tweaks ...

Like the MacBooks, the MacBook Pro line gets the latest generation of Core 2 Duo chips code-named Penryn. That boosts the amount of L2 cache to 6MB on the 2.5GHz models (though the cache drops to ...

Introduced in early 2006, the 32-bit Core Duo CPU was also the first x86 chip used in the Mac, as Apple transitioned from PowerPC to x86 (see MacBook Pro). Note that Core Duo and Core 2 Duo chips ...

The more affordable Core 2 Duo E6400 and E6300 processors only have 2MB of cache, but they're also the least expensive at $224 and $183, respectively. Performance Testing.

Essentially, Core 2 Duo is more of a watch than a smartwatch. But that’s where the beauty and uniqueness of the Core 2 Duo and the Pebble watches of old lie.

Eric Migicovsky shared a video of the Core 2 Duo in its packaging, along with a charging dongle that will ship with the device. The dongle connects USB-C to the classic Pebble-style charging port ...

Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky just demoed an early Core 2 Duo watch on his new podcast; The watch runs Pebble OS, although it's very obviously a prototype and is currently missing key features; ...

I tried FFX using 0.92 on a Core 2 Duo E6600 with an 8800GTX, framerates were "ok" but groups of people onscreen would send the framerates lower than 25 which made it pretty unplayable.