https://community.intel.com/t5/Mobile-and-Desktop-Processors/Duplicate-Processor-Part-Numbers/m-p/250704#M3479 <P>I have been using the main processor website to check out accurate details on processors. Computer vendors use the simple ID e.g. E6300 but rarely provide capabilities. However I have come up on two different problems.</P><P></P><P>First that some processors have significant variants - e.g E5300 with virtualisation and E5300 without - meaning I cannot buy an E5300 unless the supplier guarantees that facility.</P><P></P><P>Second that for the E6300 above there are two distinct chips, one a Core 2 Duo 1.86GHz and the other a Pentium 2.8GHz sharing the number. Now they do not even have similar performance!</P><P></P><P>Now Intel changed from the old system of a part number and options to a system where it appeared that a part had a unique number. So why are the numbers not unique?</P> Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:32:52 GMT idata 2009-12-04T21:32:52Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Mobile-and-Desktop-Processors/Duplicate-Processor-Part-Numbers/m-p/250704#M3479 <P>I have been using the main processor website to check out accurate details on processors. Computer vendors use the simple ID e.g. E6300 but rarely provide capabilities. However I have come up on two different problems.</P><P></P><P>First that some processors have significant variants - e.g E5300 with virtualisation and E5300 without - meaning I cannot buy an E5300 unless the supplier guarantees that facility.</P><P></P><P>Second that for the E6300 above there are two distinct chips, one a Core 2 Duo 1.86GHz and the other a Pentium 2.8GHz sharing the number. Now they do not even have similar performance!</P><P></P><P>Now Intel changed from the old system of a part number and options to a system where it appeared that a part had a unique number. So why are the numbers not unique?</P> Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:32:52 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Mobile-and-Desktop-Processors/Duplicate-Processor-Part-Numbers/m-p/250704#M3479 idata 2009-12-04T21:32:52Z