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Intel Core i7 2600
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Released January, 2011
Intel Core i7 2600
- 3.4 GHz
- Quad core
7.8 Out of 10
by Sean-Kalinich (Jan, 2011)But even taking the GPU out of the picture, Intel has a pretty awesome CPU to offer to the market.
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Released June, 2012
Intel Core i5 3570
- 3.4 GHz
- Quad core
6.7 Out of 10
by Anthony-Garreffa (Feb, 2012)You were pretty hectic to own one of those bad boys and these days, with the likes of eBay's and mainstream (and more accepted) overclocking, it's not as cool, but it still gets my nerd juices flowing.
CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of 2600 vs 3570 among desktop CPUs (over 75W)
Performance | |
Benchmark performance using all cores | |
| PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more | |
Single-core Performance | |
Individual core benchmark performance | |
| PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more | |
Integrated Graphics | |
Integrated GPU performance for graphics | |
| Fire Strike | |
Integrated Graphics (OpenCL) | |
Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more | |
Performance per Watt | |
How efficiently does the processor use electricity? | |
| Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
Value | |
Are you paying a premium for performance? | |
| Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
| 7.8 | CPUBoss Score |
Combination of all six facets | |
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i7 2600 vs i5 3570
CompuBench 1.5 (Ocean surface simulation) Data courtesy CompuBench
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Core i7 2600 | vs | i5 3570 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 3.4 GHz | |
| Turbo clock speed | 3.8 GHz | 3.8 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 | 38.81 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 112.13 $/year | 106 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 6.48 pt/W | 4.21 pt/W | |
| Idle power consumption | 74W | 67W | |
| Peak power consumption | 128W | 121W | |
| Typical power consumption | 114.5W | 107.5W | |
bus | |||
| Architecture | DMI | DMI | |
| Number of links | 1 | 1 | |
| Transfer rate | 5,000 MT/s | 5,000 MT/s | |
details | Core i7 2600 | vs | i5 3570 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 34 | |
| Voltage range | 1.22 - 1.43V | 0.96 - 1.4V | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 72.6°C | Unknown - 67°C | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 3.95 GHz | 4.02 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3.77 GHz | 4.22 GHz | |
| PassMark (Overclocked) | 2,824.9 | 4,357.3 | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.95 GHz | 4.02 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
| GPU | GPU | GPU | |
| Label | Intel® HD Graphics 2000 | Intel® HD Graphics 2500 | |
| Latest DirectX | 10.x | 11.x | |
| Number of displays supported | 2 | 3 | |
| GPU clock speed | 850 MHz | 650 MHz | |
| Turbo clock speed | 1,350 MHz | 1,150 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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