Intel Core2 Duo E6600 vs AMD Phenom II X3 B75 |
Released July, 2006
Intel Core2 Duo E6600
- 2.4 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the Intel Core2 Duo E6600
 | Much lower typical power consumption 52.81W | | Significantly lower annual home energy cost 15.66 $/year |
| | Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost 56.94 $/year | | Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.45 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X3 B75
- 3 GHz
- Tri core
Reasons to buy the AMD Phenom II X3 B75
| | Much higher clock speed 3 GHz | | Much newer manufacturing process 45 nm |
| | More cores 3 | | More threads 3 |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much lower typical power consumption | 52.81W | vs | 77.19W | More than 30% lower typical power consumption | |||
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| Significantly lower annual home energy cost | 15.66 $/year | vs | 22.89 $/year | More than 30% lower annual home energy cost | |||
| Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost | 56.94 $/year | vs | 83.22 $/year | More than 30% lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
| Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3.45 GHz | vs | 3 GHz | More than 15% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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| Much higher clock speed | 3 GHz | vs | 2.4 GHz | More than 25% higher clock speed | |||
| Much newer manufacturing process | 45 nm | vs | 65 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
| More cores | 3 | vs | 2 | 1 more cores; run more applications at once | |||
| More threads | 3 | vs | 2 | 1 more threads | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.2 GHz | vs | 3.49 GHz | More than 20% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
| Much higher Maximum operating temperature | 73 °C | vs | 60.1 °C | More than 20% higher Maximum operating temperature | |||
| Supports trusted computing | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; Allows for safer, more reliable computing | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Core2 Duo E6600 vs Phenom II X3 B75
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
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Core2 Duo E6600 | vs | Phenom II X3 B75 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 3 GHz | |
| Cores | Dual core | Tri core | |
| Socket type | |||
| LGA 775 | |||
| AM3 | |||
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Supports trusted computing | No | Yes | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE4a | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| 3DNow! | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 65W | 95W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 15.66 $/year | 22.89 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 56.94 $/year | 83.22 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 1.7 pt/W | 1.46 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 52.81W | 77.19W | |
details | Core2 Duo E6600 | vs | Phenom II X3 B75 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 2 | 3 | |
| L2 cache | 4 MB | 2 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 2 MB/core | 0.67 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 65 nm | 45 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
| Voltage range | 0.85 - 1.5V | 0.8 - 1.43V | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 60.1°C | Unknown - 73°C | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 3.49 GHz | 4.2 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3.45 GHz | 3 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.49 GHz | 4.2 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
| GPU | None | None | |
| Label | N/A | N/A | |
| Latest DirectX | N/A | N/A | |
| Number of displays supported | N/A | N/A | |
| GPU clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
| Turbo clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
| 3DMark06 | N/A | N/A | |
bus | |||
| Clock speed | 1,066 MHz | 2,000 MHz | |
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