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Intel Core i3-9100F vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600

Last updated: 2026-06-05

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-9100F

Rank 2 - 39 %

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-9100F

Rank 2 - 36 %

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600

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

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

1,069

4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz

344

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

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

3,249

4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz

1,139

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

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

470

4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz

217

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

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

1,762

4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz

798

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-9100F	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	Intel Core2 Quad (19)
CPU group	Intel Core i 9000 (34)	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6000 (3)
Architecture	Coffee Lake S Refresh	Kentsfield (Core)
Technology	14 nm	65 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1151-2	LGA 775
Predecessor
Successor	Intel Core i3-10100F

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-9100F	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 4	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	4x
Frequency:	3.60 GHz	2.40 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.20 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.80 GHz
L2-Cache		8.00 MB
L3-Cache	6.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i3-9100F	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
GPU name	no iGPU	no iGPU
GPU frequency
CUs / Shader	/	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays
Max. GPU Memory
Technology
Release date

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-9100F	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-9100F	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Memory	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)	DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s) DDR2-800 (12.8 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	16 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i3-9100F	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
TDP	65 W	105 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-9100F	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✗
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	MMX, SSE2, SSE3
Release date	Q2/2019	Q1/2007
Release price	97 $
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i3-9100F is 4.2 stars (17 ratings), while Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 has received 4.2 stars (30 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i3-9100F
4C / 4T · 3.60 - 4.20 GHz

★★★★★

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

★★★★★