The Intel Core 2 Duo is easily the best desktop processor architecture available on the market. Team that up with ramped up front side bus speed (now kicking away at 1333MHz), very very aggressive pricing, average ~65W for CPU energy consumption, and well… it’s no surprise Intel is slaughtering AMD. L2 Cache 4M shared Operating Frequency 2.66GHz Manufacturing Tech 65 nm FSB 1333MHz Multi-Core Dual-Core Series Core 2 Duo Total Price