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Intel Core2 Quad Q6600
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Released January, 2007
Intel Core2 Quad Q6600
- 2.4 GHz
- Quad core
4.7 Out of 10
by Tech Radar (Aug, 2007)In real terms, quad-threaded applications are thin on the ground and will be until at least this winter.
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Released July, 2009
Intel Core i5 750
- 2.66 GHz
- Quad core
4.9 Out of 10
by Legit Reviews (Sep, 2009)Benchmark Results with a GeForce GTX 295 Graphics Card: World In Conflict showed that the Intel Core i7 870 and Core i5 750 are great processors and easily blow by anything that AMD has to offer on the desktop processor market.
CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of Q6600 vs 750 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 | |
| 4.9 | CPUBoss Score |
Combination of all six facets | |
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Core2 Quad Q6600 vs Core i5 750
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
GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Reviews Word on the street
| Core2 Quad Q6600 | vs | Core i5 750 | ||
 | Core i5 750 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Core2 Quad Q6600 | |||
Overall | Out of 10 | Out of 10 | ||
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Core2 Quad Q6600 | vs | Core i5 750 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 2.66 GHz | |
| Cores | Quad core | Quad core | |
| Socket type | |||
| LGA 775 | |||
| LGA 1156 | |||
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Supports trusted computing | No | No | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE4 | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| SSE4.2 | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
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 | |
details | Core2 Quad Q6600 | vs | Core i5 750 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 4 | 4 | |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | 1 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 2 MB/core | 0.25 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 65 nm | 45 nm | |
| Transistor count | 582,000,000 | 774,000,000 | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
| Clock multiplier | 9 | 20 | |
| Voltage range | 0.85 - 1.5V | 0.65 - 1.4V | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 62.2°C | Unknown - 72.7°C | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclock popularity | 278 | 159 | |
| Overclock review score | 5 | 4.5 | |
| Overclocked clock speed | 3.52 GHz | 4.14 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3.61 GHz | 3.98 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.52 GHz | 4.14 GHz | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 105W | 95W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 25.29 $/year | 42.81 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 91.98 $/year | 122.73 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 1.2 pt/W | 0.89 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 85.31W | 122.45W | |
bus | |||
| Architecture | FSB | DMI | |
| Number of links | 1 | 1 | |
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