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Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 vs Intel Core2 Duo E7500

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 82 %
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core2 Duo E7500
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Rank 2 - 64 %
Intel Core2 Duo E7500
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
344
Intel Core2 Duo E7500
2C / 2T · 2.93 GHz
455
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
1,139
Intel Core2 Duo E7500
2C / 2T · 2.93 GHz
817
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core

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

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
217
Intel Core2 Duo E7500
2C / 2T · 2.93 GHz
247
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

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

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
798
Intel Core2 Duo E7500
2C / 2T · 2.93 GHz
478

More benchmarks

At a glance

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600Intel Core2 Duo E7500
FamilyIntel Core2 Quad (19)Intel Core2 Duo (29)
CPU groupIntel Core 2 Quad Q6000 (3)Intel Core 2 Duo E7000/E8000 (14)
ArchitectureKentsfield (Core)Wolfdale (Penryn)
Technology65 nm45 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 775LGA 775
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600Intel Core2 Duo E7500
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 42 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 2x
Frequency: 2.40 GHz 2.93 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache8.00 MB3.00 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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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 Core 2 Quad Q6600Intel Core2 Duo E7500
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600Intel Core2 Duo E7500
MemoryDDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
DDR2-800 (12.8 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR2-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600Intel Core2 Duo E7500
TDP105 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600Intel Core2 Duo E7500
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsMMX, SSE2, SSE3MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE 4.1
Release dateQ1/2007Q1/2009
Release price
Documents

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
Intel Core2 Duo E7500
Intel Core2 Duo E7500
2C / 2T · 2.93 GHz

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