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Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 vs Intel Pentium E6700

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 74 %
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Pentium E6700
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Rank 2 - 69 %
Intel Pentium E6700
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 Pentium E6700
2C / 2T · 3.20 GHz
467
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 Pentium E6700
2C / 2T · 3.20 GHz
882
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 Pentium E6700
2C / 2T · 3.20 GHz
508

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At a glance

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600Intel Pentium E6700
FamilyIntel Core2 Quad (19)Intel Pentium (150)
CPU groupIntel Core 2 Quad Q6000 (3)Intel Pentium E5000/E6000 (13)
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 Pentium E6700
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 42 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 2x Penryn
Frequency: 2.40 GHz 3.20 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache8.00 MB2.00 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 Pentium E6700
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600Intel Pentium E6700
MemoryDDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
DDR2-800 (12.8 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 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 Core 2 Quad Q6600Intel Pentium E6700
TDP105 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600Intel Pentium E6700
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
Release dateQ1/2007Q2/2010
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
Intel Pentium E6700
Intel Pentium E6700
2C / 2T · 3.20 GHz

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