Allendale or Conroe

[imported_cinder]

From what boxes and retailers say the e6300 and e6400 are indeed Conroe core. But everywhere on forums I see people say Allendale? Which one is it? The Intel rep says that the low ends are Conroe as we too but typically they are complete muppets and don't know their @$$ from their mouth. Also, I have seen screen shots of CPU-Z saying Allendale...what is right? From what I was under the impression the only core 2 duo core released so far is the Conroe. I hear they may release core 2 solo at some point and those are the allendale core...........................With all that said...does anyone have any solid facts?!??!??

 

[Cooler]

6300 and 6400 are Conroe cores with 2MB disabled L2.Allendale Cores will only have 2Mb L2 smaller die size. Some people are luckly and get a 6300 or 6400 with fully enabled L2.

 

[eelw]

The E6x00 line is based on the Core 2 architecture. The Intel codename Conroe is referring to the models with a 4MB L2 cache. Allendale is models with 2MB (still never truly confirmed if it only has 2MB or half is disabled) So while many people will still refer to the chips by their codenames, they really all are Core 2 based chips.

 

[n7]

All the 6xxx C2Ds are Conroe.

Allendale is an incorrect term for them; it will be used in another C2D line in the future AFAIK.

 

[SexyK]

Originally posted by: n7
All the 6xxx C2Ds are Conroe.

Allendale is an incorrect term for them; it will be used in another C2D line in the future AFAIK.

Correct, all desktop C2Ds on the market right now are Conroe cores. Allendale will come later.

 

[PlasmaBomb]

The fact that E6300 and E6400 are not code-named Allendale and actually code-named Conroe has been confirmed by Intel themselves.

Many suggest that E6300 and E6400 are actually code-named Allendale, however, the E6300 (1.86 GHz) and E6400 (2.13 GHz) processors are not code-named Allendale because they physically have 4 MB cache, same as their big brothers E6600 and E6700 - it is just that half of their physical memory is disabled.

The real Allendale processors, including the E4300, will be released during Q1 2007. Hope that helps

 

[Mavtech]

All the tech stuff I have found on the Core 2s says that the the Core 2s with 2 MB cache are Allendales. I had a link to something on the Intel site which confirmed that. But, I can't find it now. Here are some others.

http://www.digital-daily.com/cpu/intel-conroe/

http://internetweek.cmp.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=175802919&pgno=3

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=2649&ref=y

http://www.xbitlabs.com/images/cpu/core2duo-e6300/cpu-2940.png

http://www.hardcoreware.net/reviews/review-336-1.htm

http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=3848

http://www.maxitmag.com/testing-bay/pro.../intel-1.86ghz-core-2-duo-e6300-review

 

[Kruiser]

The cpuz im using describes my 6400 as a allendale core go figure?

 

[tersome]

This topic has already been beaten to death. In the original C2D Intel slides, the E6300 and E6400 were named Allendale. Later slides corrected the mistake. Some people have also gotten E6400s with the full cache enabled.

 

[imported_cinder]

I found a link from INTEL that support that E6300 and E6400 are indeed Conroe core.

http://cache-www.intel.com/cd/00/00/28/13/281337_281337.pdf

This is a pdf file that has conroe listed next to all the e6000 series cpu titles..
I myself also e-mailed intel to see for myself what they would respond with my email was as follows:

"There are lots of forums out there saying that the Core 2 Duo E6300/E6400 are Allendale cores and I was under the impression that at this point in time That all Core 2 Duo E series were Conroe. Which Core will be in the E6300 in the purchase program?!"

The official response from Intel was:

"The Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo Processor E6300 included in the 2006 Purchase Program bundle will contain a Conroe core."

With those couple things I will go with they are indeed conroe cores. I was expecting a more in depth response from Intel, but this will do I suppose.