Intel Xeon X3323 vs Core2 Quad Q6600 |
Released March, 2008
Intel Xeon X3323
- 2.5 GHz
- Quad core
Reasons to buy the Intel Xeon X3323
 | Much newer manufacturing process 45 nm | | Significantly lower typical power consumption 65W |
| | Newer Mar, 2008 | | Significantly lower annual home energy cost 19.27 $/year |
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Released January, 2007
Intel Core2 Quad Q6600
- 2.4 GHz
- Quad core
Reasons to buy the Core2 Quad Q6600
| | Much more l2 cache 8 MB | | Much more l2 cache per core 2 MB/core |
| | Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.6 GHz |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much newer manufacturing process | 45 nm | vs | 65 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
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| Significantly lower typical power consumption | 65W | vs | 85.31W | Around 25% lower typical power consumption | |||
| Newer | Mar, 2008 | vs | Jan, 2007 | Release date over 1 years later | |||
| Significantly lower annual home energy cost | 19.27 $/year | vs | 25.29 $/year | Around 25% lower annual home energy cost | |||
| Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost | 70.08 $/year | vs | 91.98 $/year | Around 25% lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
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| Much more l2 cache | 8 MB | vs | 6 MB | Around 35% more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later | |||
| Much more l2 cache per core | 2 MB/core | vs | 1.5 MB/core | Around 35% more l2 cache per core | |||
| Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3.6 GHz | vs | 2.5 GHz | Around 45% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Xeon X3323 vs Core2 Quad Q6600
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 | Xeon X3323 | vs | Core2 Quad Q6600 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 2.4 GHz | |
| Cores | Quad core | Quad core | |
| Socket type | |||
| LGA 771 | |||
| LGA 775 | |||
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Supports trusted computing | No | No | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 80W | 105W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 19.27 $/year | 25.29 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 70.08 $/year | 91.98 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 1.67 pt/W | 1.19 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 65W | 85.31W | |
details | Xeon X3323 | vs | Core2 Quad Q6600 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 4 | 4 | |
| L2 cache | 6 MB | 8 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 1.5 MB/core | 2 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 45 nm | 65 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 3.37 GHz | 3.52 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 2.5 GHz | 3.6 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.37 GHz | 3.52 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 | |||
| Architecture | FSB | FSB | |
| Number of links | 1 | 1 | |
| Clock speed | 1,333 MHz | 1,066 MHz | |
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