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AMD FX-6300 vs Intel Core2 Duo E6600

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD FX-6300
Rank 2 - 57 %
Intel Core2 Duo E6600
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD FX-6300
Rank 2 - 29 %
Intel Core2 Duo E6600
Cinebench R20 Single-Core

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

AMD FX-6300
AMD FX-6300 100 %
6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz
195 cb
Intel Core2 Duo E6600
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
128 cb
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

AMD FX-6300
AMD FX-6300 100 %
6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz
529
Intel Core2 Duo E6600
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
302
Cinebench R20 Multi-Core

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

AMD FX-6300
AMD FX-6300 100 %
6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz
854 cb
Intel Core2 Duo E6600
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
241 cb
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

AMD FX-6300
AMD FX-6300 100 %
6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz
1,916
Intel Core2 Duo E6600
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
513
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

AMD FX-6300
AMD FX-6300 100 %
6C / 6T · 3.50 GHz
1,003
Intel Core2 Duo E6600
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
392
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

AMD FX-6300
AMD FX-6300 100 %
6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz
94 cb
Intel Core2 Duo E6600
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
60 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

AMD FX-6300
AMD FX-6300 100 %
6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz
456 cb
Intel Core2 Duo E6600
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
113 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
AMD FX-6300Intel Core2 Duo E6600
FamilyAMD FX (30)Intel Core2 Duo (29)
CPU groupAMD FX-6300 (2)Intel Core 2 Duo E4000/E6000 (15)
ArchitectureVishera (Bulldozer)Conroe (Core)
Technology32 nm65 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketAM3+LGA 775
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
AMD FX-6300Intel Core2 Duo E6600
CPU Cores / Threads6 / 62 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 6x 2x
Frequency: 3.50 GHz 2.40 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.10 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.10 GHz
L2-Cache4.00 MB
L3-Cache8.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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AMD FX-6300Intel Core2 Duo E6600
GPU nameno iGPUno iGPU
GPU frequency
CUs / Shader / /
Raytracing
Max. displays
Max. GPU Memory
Technology
Release date

NPU AI performance

Wischen
AMD FX-6300Intel Core2 Duo E6600
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
AMD FX-6300Intel Core2 Duo E6600
MemoryDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR2-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory32 GB16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
AMD FX-6300Intel Core2 Duo E6600
TDP95 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.71 °C

Technical details

Wischen
AMD FX-6300Intel Core2 Duo E6600
Chip designUnknownMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3
Release dateQ4/2012Q3/2006
Release price95 $
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AMD FX-6300
AMD FX-6300
6C / 6T · 3.50 - 4.10 GHz
Intel Core2 Duo E6600
Intel Core2 Duo E6600
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz

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