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Raise performance and increase responsiveness

Lower response times on your most demanding applications and raise workplace efficiency using the Windows Aero* interface. The Intel® Core™2 Duo processor is a key component of Intel® Core™2 Processor with vPro™ Technology, helping to achieve up to 40 percent better performance¹ on today's business applications.

The combination of Intel® Centrino® with vPro™ Technology and Intel Core 2 Processor with vPro Technology with Microsoft Windows Vista* speeds up the response of typical business tasks:

Business Task Perfromance:(1) Intel® vPro(TM) Processor Technology with Microsoft Windows Vista*

Improve data visualization with the Windows Aero* interface

In addition to doing familiar tasks faster, get new ways of working. Intel Graphics with the Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 3000 (Intel® GMA 3000), provide high graphical performance to support the efficiency advantages of the Windows Aero interface:◊

  • Count on Intel Graphics. The new Windows Vista Display Driver Model (WDDM)*, which is fully-supported by Intel Centrino with vPro Technology and Intel Core 2 Processor with vPro Technology, improves Windows Aero performance and stability.
  • Windows Flip and live thumbnails. Make it easier to find the window you want as you flip through open windows using the Alt-Tab key combination and see live thumbnails of their contents, instead of a generic icon.
  • Windows Flip 3D. Quickly locate and select the window you want to work with using the scroll wheel on your mouse to flip through multiple windows of the same type.

Get faster results in the operations you depend on

Windows Vista is highly threaded to take excellent advantage of the dual-core architecture of the Intel Core 2 Duo processor and other technologies found in Intel Centrino with vPro Technology and Intel Core 2 Processor with vPro Technology, producing substantial benefits:

  • Take advantage of robust multitasking capabilities. Run business workloads like Microsoft PowerPoint* presentations, spreadsheet calculations, e-mail, and background security tasks simultaneously, without bogging down system performance.
  • Performance for your most commonly used applications. Look for Vista*-based notebooks with new Intel® Turbo Memory for more responsive application loading & better boot time°.
  • Keep performance headroom on hand for emerging capabilities. As more 64-bit applications and Windows Aero-capable applications become available, Intel Core 2 Processor with vPro Technology-based and Windows Vista-based desktops are ready.
  • Designed for the mobile world. Windows Vista and Intel Centrino with vPro Technology enable an optimal anytime, anywhere mobile PC experience. Experience secure, flexible wireless connectivity with mobile PCs supporting 802.11a/b/g and optional Draft-N± wireless protocols.

Put Intel® Core™ microarchitecture performance features to work

The Intel Core 2 Duo processor is based on Intel's innovative new Intel Core microarchitecture, which is designed with a wide variety of performance features that provide benefits to everyday business computing:

Features and benefits

Intel® Advanced Smart Cache
  • Up to 4 MB shared & multi-core optimized L2 cache
  • Higher L2 cache to processor core bandwidth
  • Better performance on single and multithreaded applications
  • Access to larger cache means faster data access and improved performance of business intelligence applications like Microsoft Office Excel 2007*
Intel® Advanced Digital Media Boost
  • Execution of 128-bit SSE/SSE2/SSE3 instructions in a single cycle
  • Better performance on video and multimedia applications
  • Higher floating-point, LINPACK, and High Performance Computing application performance
Intel® Wide Dynamic Execution
  • Efficient four-wide, 14-stage pipeline
  • Better performance for multitasking
Intel® Intelligent Power Capability
  • Powers on processor elements only when needed
  • More precise control of power to buses and arrays
  • Can help enable quieter, more power efficient system designs
  • Can reduce overall power consumption and total cost of ownership
Intel® Smart Memory Access
  • Improved pre-fetchers
  • Out of order memory access
  • Better performance on all types of applications and user environments

Performance tests and ratings are measured using specific computer systems and/or components and reflect the approximate performance of Intel products as measured by those tests. Any difference in system hardware or software design or configuration may affect actual performance.

¹ Compares against Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 2.8 GHz. Source: Principled Technologies, Inc. Configuration: Intel® Core™2 processor with vPro™ technology based PC with Intel Core™2 Duo processor E6700 2.66 GHz – Intel® Q965 Desktop Board, 1024MB PC2-6400 5-5-5-18, Seagate ST3808110AS SATA 300Mb/s hard drive, Intel® GMA 3000 graphics card 256MB, Intel® 7.14.10.1111 graphics driver, Integrated Intel® 82566DM Gigabit Ethernet adapter; Intel® Pentium® D processor 930 3.0 GHz -Intel® i945G Desktop Board, 1024 MB PC2-5300 5-5-5-15, Seagate ST380811AS SATA 150Mb/s hard drive, Intel® GMA 950 graphics card, 128MB, Intel 7.14.10.1111 graphics driver, Integrated Intel® PRO/1000 PM Gigabit Ethernet adapter; Intel® Pentium® 4 processor 630 with HT Technology 3.0 GHz -Intel i945G Desktop Board, 1024 MB PC2-5300 5-5-5-15, Seagate ST380811AS SATA 150Mb/s hard drive, Intel GMA 950 graphics card, 128MB, Intel 7.14.10.1111 graphics driver, Integrated Intel PRO/1000 PM Gigabit Ethernet adapter; Intel Pentium 4 processor 2.8 GHz -Intel® i865G Desktop Board, 1024 MB PC2-3200 2.5-3-3-7, Seagate ST3802110A ATA100 hard drive, Intel® Extreme Graphics 2 graphics card, 224MB, Intel® 6.14.10.4656 graphics driver, Integrated Intel PRO/1000 CTGigabit Ethernet adapter. All platforms: DirectX* 10, Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate RTM. Performance tests and ratings are measured using specific computer systems and/or components and reflect the approximate performance of Intel products as measured by those tests. Any difference in system hardware or software design or configuration may affect actual performance. Full results available at:
www.principledtechnologies.com/clients/reports/Intel/vProVistaEmp.pdf (PDF 570KB)
www.principledtechnologies.com/clients/reports/Intel/vProVistaPred.pdf (PDF 334KB)
www.principledtechnologies.com/clients/reports/Intel/vProVistaAero.pdf (PDF 321KB)

² Find and preview digital photos with Windows Aero.

³ Open a PDF file in Adobe Acrobat 7.0.8*'s thumbnail view while an HD video plays in Windows Media Player 11*.

◊ Intel® 945 and 965 Chipset families with Intel Graphics support the full Windows Aero interface. System requires at least 1GB dual-channel DDR2 533Mhz system memory.

± Requires Intel® Next-Gen Wireless N technology and Connect with Intel® Centrino® processor technology certified wireless n access point. Wireless n access points without the Connect with Intel Centrino technology processor identifier may require additional firmware for increased performance results. Check with your PC and access point manufacturer for details.

° Tests run on latest generation Intel® Centrino® processor technology with optional Intel® Turbo Memory enabled against like systems without Intel Turbo Memory. Results may vary based on hardware, software and overall system configuration. All tests and ratings reflect the approximate performance of Intel products as measured by those tests. All testing was done on Microsoft Windows Vista* Ultimate (build 6000). Application load and runtime acceleration depend on Vista’s preference to pre-load those applications into the Microsoft ReadyBoost* cache. Boot-time performance depends on BIOS and POST execution times as well as hard drive performance. Power savings will depend upon the system power management settings as well as the specific hard drive used. See www.intel.com/performance/mobile/intel_turbo_memory.htm for more information.