The Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 is a
dual core processor for laptops. It features 2.4 GHz and a shared level
2 cache of 3 MB.
Due to the relatively high clock speed, modern games should not be limited by the CPU speed (in conjunction with a middle class graphics card). Compared to the fastest Turion II Ultra M640, the P8600 should be still faster.
Many other processors in this series feature bus speed specifications of 800 MHz, or even 533 MHz, meaning the 1066 MHz FSB in the Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 will show better performance and hit higher benchmarks. The 2.4 GHz processor in the Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 is speedy enough to handle many and most software tasks.
The P8600 uses a Penryn (Montevina Update) core that features 2 integer units, 1 floating point unit, 1 load unit, and 1 store unit in a 14-stages long pipeline. Due to the Wide Dynamic Execution Technology, the core is able to simultaneously execute up to four instructions.
The integrated Enhanced Speedstep is able to downclock the core dynamically as low as 1200 MHz to save power (in idle mode).
The Core 2 Duo P8600 can be used in a Socket P socket with 479 pins: Socket P / Micro Flip-Chip Pin Grid Array (Micro-FCPGA) requires 479-pin surface mount Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket (mPGA479M socket) or Micro Flip-Chip Ball Grid Array (Micro-FCBGA) for surface mount (479-ball).