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Intel Core i7-2600 vs Intel Xeon X3440

Last updated: 2026-07-04

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 i7-2600

Rank 2 - 78 %

Intel Xeon X3440

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-2600

Rank 2 - 78 %

Intel Xeon X3440

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

759 pts

4C / 8T · 2.93 GHz

457 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.40 GHz

3,289 pts

4C / 8T · 2.53 GHz

2,256 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

659

4C / 8T · 2.93 GHz

569

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.40 GHz

2,169

4C / 8T · 2.53 GHz

2,136

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

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

772

4C / 8T · 2.93 GHz

668

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

4C / 8T · 3.40 GHz

2,874

4C / 8T · 2.53 GHz

2,763

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

4C / 8T · 3.40 GHz

1,658

4C / 8T · 2.53 GHz

1,219

More benchmarks

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

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-2600	Intel Xeon X3440
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Xeon X (2)
CPU group	Intel Core i 2000 (28)	Intel Xeon X (2)
Architecture	Sandy Bridge S	Lynnfield
Technology	32 nm	45 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1155	LGA 1156
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-2600	Intel Xeon X3440
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 8	4 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	4x
Frequency:	3.40 GHz	2.53 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.80 GHz	2.93 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache	1.00 MB	8.00 MB
L3-Cache	8.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-2600	Intel Xeon X3440
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 2000	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.85 - 1.35 GHz
CUs / Shader	6 / 48	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	2
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
Technology	32 nm
Release date	Q1/2011

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-2600	Intel Xeon X3440
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-2600	Intel Xeon X3440
Memory	DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)	DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s) DDR3-800 (12.8 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	2.0 x 16	2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	8.0 GB/s	8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-2600	Intel Xeon X3440
TDP	95 W	95 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-2600	Intel Xeon X3440
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✗
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX	SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release date	Q1/2011	Q3/2009
Release price	270 $	230 $
Documents		Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i7-2600 is 4.3 stars (51 ratings), while Intel Xeon X3440 has received 4.0 stars (4 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i7-2600
4C / 8T · 3.40 - 3.80 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Xeon X3440
4C / 8T · 2.53 - 2.93 GHz

★★★★★