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Intel Core i7-3820 vs Intel Core i7-2600

Last updated: 2026-06-06

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 i7-3820

Rank 2 - 95 %

Intel Core i7-2600

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-3820

Rank 2 - 89 %

Intel Core i7-2600

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

729

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

659

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.60 GHz

2,596

4C / 8T · 3.40 GHz

2,169

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

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

772

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

772

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

4C / 8T · 3.60 GHz

3,293

4C / 8T · 3.40 GHz

2,874

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

4C / 8T · 3.60 GHz

1,771

4C / 8T · 3.40 GHz

1,658

More benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 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

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-3820	Intel Core i7-2600
Family	Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 3000X (4)	Intel Core i 2000 (28)
Architecture	Sandy Bridge E	Sandy Bridge S
Technology	32 nm	32 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 2011	LGA 1155
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-3820	Intel Core i7-2600
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 8	4 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	4x
Frequency:	3.60 GHz	3.40 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.80 GHz	3.80 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache		1.00 MB
L3-Cache	10.00 MB	8.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-3820	Intel Core i7-2600
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel HD Graphics 2000
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 i7-3820	Intel Core i7-2600
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-3820	Intel Core i7-2600
Memory	DDR3-1600 (51.2 GB/s) DDR3-1333 (42.6 GB/s) DDR3-1066 (34.2 GB/s)	DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	4	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	2.0 x 40	2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	20.0 GB/s	8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-3820	Intel Core i7-2600
TDP	130 W	95 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	105 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-3820	Intel Core i7-2600
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, AVX
Release date	Q1/2012	Q1/2011
Release price	305 $	270 $
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i7-3820 is 3.4 stars (7 ratings), while Intel Core i7-2600 has received 4.3 stars (47 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i7-3820
4C / 8T · 3.60 - 3.80 GHz

★★★★★

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

★★★★★