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Intel Core i7 2600

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Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i7 2600 vs i5 3470

CompuBench 1.5 (Ocean surface simulation) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i7 2600
75.8 fps
Core i5 3470
85.22 fps

PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i7 2600
2,607
Core i5 3470
2,580

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 2600
10,986
Core i5 3470
9,436

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 2600
2,876
Core i5 3470
2,983

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 2600
2,470,000 MB/s
Core i5 3470
2,470,000 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i7 2600
11,071
Core i5 3470
9,226

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Core i7 2600
8,219
Core i5 3470
6,607

PassMark (Single Core)

Core i7 2600
1,921
Core i5 3470
1,906

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

 Core i7 2600  vs
i5 3470 
Clock speed 3.4 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo clock speed 3.8 GHz 3.6 GHz
Cores Quad core Quad core
Socket type
LGA 1155
Is unlocked No No

features
Has a NX bit Yes Yes
Supports trusted computing Yes Yes
Has virtualization support Yes Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE2
MMX
SSE4
AVX
SSE3
SSE
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
Supplemental SSE3
AES
Supports dynamic frequency scaling Yes Yes

power consumption
TDP 95W 77W
Annual home energy cost 41.87 $/year 31.22 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost 112.13 $/year 84.62 $/year
Performance per watt 6.48 pt/W 4.41 pt/W
Idle power consumption 74W 54.4W
Peak power consumption 128W 96.6W
Typical power consumption 114.5W 86.05W

bus
Architecture DMI DMI 2.0
Number of links 1 1
Data rate 8 MB/s 2,560 MB/s
Transfer rate 5,000 MT/s 5,000 MT/s

details

 Core i7 2600  vs
i5 3470 
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Threads 8 4
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L2 cache per core 0.25 MB/core 0.25 MB/core
L3 cache 8 MB 6 MB
L3 cache per core 2 MB/core 1.5 MB/core
Manufacture process 32 nm 22 nm
Transistor count 1,160,000,000 1,400,000,000
Max CPUs 1 1
Clock multiplier 34 32
Voltage range 1.22 - 1.43V Unknown - 1.13V
Operating temperature Unknown - 72.6°C Unknown - 67.4°C

overclocking
Overclocked clock speed 3.93 GHz 3.67 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.92 GHz 4.09 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.93 GHz 3.67 GHz

integrated graphics
GPU GPU GPU
Label Intel® HD Graphics 2000 Intel® HD Graphics 2500
Latest DirectX 10.x 11.0
Number of displays supported 2 3
GPU clock speed 850 MHz 650 MHz
Turbo clock speed 1,350 MHz 1,100 MHz

memory controller
Memory controller Built-in Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1600
DDR3-1333
DDR3-1066
DDR3
Channels Dual Channel Dual Channel
Supports ECC No No
Maximum bandwidth 21,333.32 MB/s 25,600 MB/s
Maximum memory size 32,768 MB 32,768 MB
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