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Intel Celeron 420 vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 41 %
Intel Celeron 420
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 12 %
Intel Celeron 420
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Celeron 420
1C / 1T · 1.60 GHz
160
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700
4C / 4T · 2.66 GHz
387
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Celeron 420
1C / 1T · 1.60 GHz
160
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700
4C / 4T · 2.66 GHz
1,259

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At a glance

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Intel Celeron 420Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700
FamilyIntel Celeron (165)Intel Core2 Quad (19)
CPU groupIntel Celeron 400 (4)Intel Core 2 Quad Q6000 (3)
ArchitectureConroe (Core)Kentsfield (Core)
Technology65 nm65 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 775LGA 775
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Celeron 420Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700
CPU Cores / Threads1 / 14 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 1x Core 4x
Frequency: 1.60 GHz 2.66 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache0.50 MB8.00 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Celeron 420Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700
GPU nameno iGPUno iGPU
GPU frequency
CUs / Shader / /
Raytracing
Max. displays
Max. GPU Memory
Technology
Release date

NPU AI performance

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Intel Celeron 420Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Celeron 420Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700
MemoryDDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
DDR2-800 (12.8 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
DDR2-800 (12.8 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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Intel Celeron 420Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700
TDP35 W105 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Celeron 420Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3MMX, SSE2, SSE3
Release dateQ2/2007Q3/2007
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

Your rating

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Intel Celeron 420
Intel Celeron 420
1C / 1T · 1.60 GHz
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700
4C / 4T · 2.66 GHz

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Intel Celeron 420
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