Intel Core 2 - Models

Models

For Detailed discussion of CPU cores, see Intel Core (microarchitecture)#Processor cores.

The Core 2-branded CPUs include: "Conroe"/"Allendale" (dual-core for desktops), "Merom" (dual-core for laptops), "Merom-L" (single-core for laptops), "Kentsfield" (quad-core for desktops), and the updated variants named "Wolfdale" (dual-core for desktops), "Penryn" (dual-core for laptops), and "Yorkfield" (quad-core for desktops). (Note: For the server and workstation "Woodcrest", "Tigerton", "Harpertown" and "Dunnington" CPUs see the Xeon brand.)

The Core 2 branded processors feature Virtualization Technology (with some exceptions), Execute Disable Bit, and SSE3. Their Core microarchitecture introduced SSSE3, Trusted Execution Technology, Enhanced SpeedStep, and Active Management Technology (iAMT2). With a maximum thermal design power (TDP) of 65W, the Core 2 Duo Conroe dissipates half the power of the less capable contemporary Pentium D-branded desktop chips that have a max TDP of 130W.

Intel Core 2 processor family
Original logo *	New logo	Desktop			Laptop
		Code-named	Core	Date released	Code-named	Core	Date released
		Conroe Allendale Wolfdale	dual (65 nm) dual (65 nm) dual (45 nm)	August 2006 January 2007 January 2008	Merom Penryn	dual (65 nm) dual (45 nm)	July 2006 January 2008
		Conroe XE Kentsfield XE Yorkfield XE	dual (65 nm) quad (65 nm) quad (45 nm)	July 2006 November 2006 November 2007	Merom XE Penryn XE Penryn XE	dual (65 nm) dual (45 nm) quad (45 nm)	July 2007 January 2008 August 2008
		Kentsfield Yorkfield	quad (65 nm) quad (45 nm)	January 2007 March 2008	Penryn	quad (45 nm)	August 2008
					Merom-L Penryn-L	Single (65 nm) Single (45 nm)	September 2007 May 2008
List of Intel Core 2 microprocessors

With the release of the Core 2 processor, the abbreviation C2 has come into common use, with its variants C2D (the present Core 2 Duo), and C2Q, C2E to refer to the Core 2 Quad and Core 2 Extreme processors respectively. C2QX stands for the Extreme-Editions of the Quad (QX6700, QX6800, QX6850).

The successors to the Core 2 brand are a set of Nehalem microarchitecture based processors called Core i3, i5, and i7. Core i7 was officially launched on 17 November 2008 as a family of three quad-core processor desktop models, further models started appearing throughout 2009. The last Core 2 processors to be released was the Core 2 Quad Q9500 in January 2010, and the Core 2 processor line was removed from the official price lists in July 2011.