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CPUIntel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Processor
- CPU cores
- 4
- CPU threads
- 4*
- Maximum boost clock
- 2.4 GHz*
- Thermal design power
- Reported value 1: 100 W*Reported value 2: 100 W*Reported value 3: 105 W*
Graphics & compute benchmarks
GFXBench, GLBenchmark and CompuBench results retain the tested system, API, operating system and resolution. Offscreen tests fix the render resolution; onscreen results also reflect the display workload. These historical submissions do not establish performance in current games.
Bitcoin MiningOS X / OpenCL / compute · mHash/s
Higher is better.
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
3.83* mHash/s
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600
Host configuration not reported.
Face DetectionOS X / OpenCL / compute · mPixels/s
Higher is better.
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
0.52* mPixels/s
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600
Host configuration not reported.
Ocean Surface SimulationOS X / OpenCL / compute · fps
Higher is better.
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
24.26* fps
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600
Host configuration not reported.
Particle Simulation - 64kOS X / OpenCL / compute · mInteraction/s
Higher is better.
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
12.50* mInteraction/s
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600
Host configuration not reported.
T-RexOS X / OpenCL / compute · fps
Higher is better.
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
0.14* fps
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600
Host configuration not reported.
TV-L1 Optical FlowOS X / OpenCL / compute · mPixels/s
Higher is better.
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
0.31* mPixels/s
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600
Host configuration not reported.
Video CompositionOS X / OpenCL / compute · fps
Higher is better.
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
0.75* fps
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600
Host configuration not reported.
Median results, not the best run. Sample counts and individual test dates are unreported. Different systems using the same GPU remain separate configurations.
Benchmark results
- cinebench · version unreported · cinebench_r23_multi1,420*Platform unreported Compare results
- geekbench · version unreported · geekbench6_multi1,320*Platform unreported Compare results
- geekbench · version unreported · geekbench6_single370*Platform unreported Compare results
- Reported score · version unreported · passmark_cpu_mark1,810*Platform unreported Compare results
- Reported score · version unreported · passmark_single_thread700*Platform unreported Compare results
- Reported score · version unreported · score36,553.96*Platform unreported Compare results
Processing & platform
- CPU cores
- 4
- CPU threads
- 4*
- Performance cores
- 4*
- Efficiency cores
- 0*
- Base clock
- 2.4 GHz
- Maximum boost clock
- 2.4 GHz*
- L3 cache
- 0 MB*
- L2 cache
- 8 MB*
- Architecture
- Core*
- Socket / package
- LGA 775
- Process node
- 65 nm*
- Hardware threads per core
- 1*
Cache hierarchy
- L2*
- Size
- 8 MB*
- Level
- L2*
- Scope
- L2 Cache*
Compatible sockets
- LGA 775
Power specifications
- Thermal design power
- Reported value 1: 100 W*Reported value 2: 100 W*Reported value 3: 105 W*
- Maximum turbo power
- 105 W*
System configuration
Detailed specifications
Specifications 1 · 172 fields
- ifu CPU microarchitecture
- 5*
- metal layers Manufacturing process
- 8*
- lsfu CPU microarchitecture
- 2*
- metal Manufacturing process
- copper*
- fpfu CPU microarchitecture
- 4*
- model
- Q6600*
- date
- 2007-01-01*
- clock
- 2,400*
- max inst decoded CPU microarchitecture
- 5*
- rob size CPU microarchitecture
- 96*
- hw nthreadspercore
- 1*
- iwindow CPU microarchitecture
- 32*
- hw ncores
- 4*
- tdp
- 105*
- bus width
- 64*
- arch int reg CPU microarchitecture
- 8,533*
- transistors
- 582*
- die size
- 286*
- vdd low
- 0.85*
- vdd high
- 1.5*
- out of order CPU microarchitecture
- t*
- integrated mc CPU microarchitecture
- f*
- fanout Process gate-delay observation
- 2*
- fanout Process gate-delay observation
- 1*
- l1i CPU cache configuration
- 32*
- name Processor code name
- Kentsfield*
- name CPU microarchitecture
- Core:Kentsfield*
- name Processor family
- Core 2 Quad*
- delay Process gate-delay observation
- 6.65*
- delay Process gate-delay observation
- 4.25*
- isa CPU microarchitecture
- x86-64*
- l1d CPU cache configuration
- 32*
- l2 shared CPU cache configuration
- 8,192*
- name Manufacturing process
- P1264*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 63.20305004*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 74.1975601663128*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 55.427990176038*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 53.4711139*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 54.5234384574069*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 56.6491953385877*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 56.1197302185437*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 50.6268807599266*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 73.64195528*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 52.84859865*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 53.74751471*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 52.2456205349508*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 56.64899973*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 52.5933141174139*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 63.9413218060863*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 47.64134706*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 49.1982467952928*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 57.37686963*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 46.56018284*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 47.79887202*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 71.1955876141202*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 46.05635712*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 56.70775992*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 56.94815912*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 48.33387944*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 48.02179836*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 57.8214505727465*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 47.83548996*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 51.4589824548136*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 47.05970636*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 54.35244891*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 58.9906210037209*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 48.32423268*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 56.1301549914338*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 46.44991777*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 55.17690617*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 55.55304114*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 59.9818638512174*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 47.354462419624*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 57.636700438687*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 51.12023638*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 61.3083087318418*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 57.27777713*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 75.57747758*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 68.45275968*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 50.09209046*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 50.32940281*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 46.8000519155802*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 47.4932569*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 45.56952309*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 46.981538*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 53.80434349*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 59.3560154*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 52.2105297848752*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 65.1105840821101*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 77.28730445*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 53.28647417*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 46.68804342*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 51.75971803*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 49.83754737*
- power Application-specific power declaration
- 67.0892765966114*
- score CoreMark observation
- 36,553.96*
- vdd Process gate-delay observation
- 1.2*
- vdd Process gate-delay observation
- 1.2*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- eclipse*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- 471.omnetpp*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- ferret*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- pmd*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- 435.gromacs*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- 454.calculix*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- _228_jack*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- facesim*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- _209_db*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- xalan*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- 444.namd*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- _202_jess*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- _201_compress*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- streamcluster*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- 429.mcf*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- 464.h264ref*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- 453.povray*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- antlr*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- fluidanimate*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- _213_javac*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- _222_mpegaudio*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- canneal*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- bodytrack*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- vips*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- 403.gcc*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- x264*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- 450.soplex*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- 436.cactusADM*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- fop*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- 437.leslie3d*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- tradebeans*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- 465.tonto*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- swaptions*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- blackscholes*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- 434.zeusmp*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- 470.lbm*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- 482.sphinx3*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- 462.libquantum*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- tomcat*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- raytrace*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- 458.sjeng*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- avrora*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- sunflow*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- lusearch*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- 433.milc*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- h2*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- 456.hmmer*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- bloat*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- 401.bzip2*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- 447.dealII*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- 416.gamess*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- pjbb2005*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- _227_mtrt*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- batik*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- luindex*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- 400.perlbench*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- 473.astar*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- 483.xalancbmk*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- 445.gobmk*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- 459.GemsFDTD*
- application Application-specific power declaration
- jython*
- gate type Process gate-delay observation
- inv*
- gate type Process gate-delay observation
- inv*
- isa extensions CPU microarchitecture
- SSE3*
- l2 shared ncores CPU cache configuration
- 2*
- threads CoreMark observation
- 4*
- year Manufacturing process
- 2005*
- technology Manufacturing process
- CMOS*
- thread model CoreMark observation
- PThreads*
- date CoreMark observation
- 2011-03-22*
- feature size Manufacturing process
- 0.065*
- int pipestages CPU microarchitecture
- 14*
- channel length Manufacturing process
- 0.035*
- max uop issued per cycle CPU microarchitecture
- 6*
Specifications 2 · 31 fields
- processor name
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600*
- die size mm2
- 286* mm²
- cores total
- 4*
- p cores
- 4*
- e cores
- 0*
- threads total
- 4*
- base clock ghz
- 2.4* GHz
- boost clock ghz
- 2.4* GHz
- l1 cache kb
- 128*
- l2 cache mb
- 8* MB
- l3 cache mb
- 0* MB
- family
- Core 2 Quad*
- tdp watts
- 105* W
- pl2 watts
- 105* W
- socket
- LGA 775*
- passmark cpu mark
- 1,810*
- passmark single thread
- 700*
- geekbench6 single
- 370*
- geekbench6 multi
- 1,320*
- cinebench r23 multi
- 1,420*
- launch price usd
- 266*
- transistor density m per mm2
- 2.03* mm²
- generation
- Kentsfield*
- passmark per dollar
- 6.8*
- passmark per watt
- 17.24*
- codename
- Kentsfield*
- launch year
- 2007*
- launch quarter
- Q1*
- launch date
- 2007-01-08*
- process node nm
- 65* nm
- transistor count millions
- 582*
Specifications 3 · 32 fields
- Marketing Status
- Discontinued*
- Launch Date
- Q1'07*
- Embedded Options Available
- No*
- Servicing Status
- End of Servicing Lifetime*
- Sockets Supported
- LGA775*
- TCASE
- B3=62.2°C; G0=71°C*
- Package Size
- 37.5mm x 37.5mm*
- Processing Die Size
- 286 mm2*
- # of Processing Die Transistors
- 582 million*
- Product Collection
- Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors*
- Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡
- No*
- Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡
- No*
- Intel® 64 ‡
- Yes*
- Instruction Set
- 64-bit*
- Idle States
- Yes*
- Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology
- Yes*
- Intel® Demand Based Switching
- No*
- Vertical Segment
- Desktop*
- Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) ‡
- Yes*
- Thermal Monitoring Technologies
- Yes*
- Processor Number
- Q6600*
- Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡
- No*
- Execute Disable Bit ‡
- Yes*
- Intel® AES New Instructions
- No*
- Lithography
- 65* nm
- # of Cores
- 4*
- Processor Base Frequency
- 2.4* GHz
- Cache
- 8.0* MB
Scope and conditions
- source_native_row_context
- Cache description
- L2 Cache*
- Original declaration
- 8 MB L2 Cache*
- Bus Speed
- 1,066* MHz
- FSB Parity
- No*
- TDP
- 105* W
- VID Voltage Range
- 0.8500V-1.500V*
Specifications 4 · 11 fields
- microarchitecture
- Core*
Scope and conditions
- source_native_row_context
- category
- cpu*
- original_product_name
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600*
- catalogue_reference
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600*
- identity_scope
- source-exact-processor-name*
- dataset_date
- 2025-07-23*
- scope
- Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.*
- microarchitecture
- Core*
Scope and conditions
- source_native_row_context
- category
- cpu*
- original_product_name
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600*
- catalogue_reference
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600*
- identity_scope
- source-exact-processor-name*
- dataset_date
- 2025-07-23*
- scope
- Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.*
- Reported core clock
- 2.4* GHz
Scope and conditions
- source_native_row_context
- category
- cpu*
- original_product_name
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600*
- catalogue_reference
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600*
- identity_scope
- source-exact-processor-name*
- dataset_date
- 2025-07-23*
- scope
- Source calls this core clock; it is not relabelled as base, sustained or gaming clock.*
- Reported core clock
- 2.4* GHz
Scope and conditions
- source_native_row_context
- category
- cpu*
- original_product_name
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600*
- catalogue_reference
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600*
- identity_scope
- source-exact-processor-name*
- dataset_date
- 2025-07-23*
- scope
- Source calls this core clock; it is not relabelled as base, sustained or gaming clock.*
- core count
- 4*
Scope and conditions
- source_native_row_context
- category
- cpu*
- original_product_name
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600*
- catalogue_reference
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600*
- identity_scope
- source-exact-processor-name*
- dataset_date
- 2025-07-23*
- scope
- Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.*
- core count
- 4*
Scope and conditions
- source_native_row_context
- category
- cpu*
- original_product_name
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600*
- catalogue_reference
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600*
- identity_scope
- source-exact-processor-name*
- dataset_date
- 2025-07-23*
- scope
- Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.*
- Historical listing price (dataset 2025-07-23)
- amount
- 94.97*
- currency
- USD*
- dataset_date
- 2025-07-23*
- scope
- Historical listing observation; retailer, stock and current availability unknown*
Scope and conditions
- source_native_row_context
- category
- cpu*
- original_product_name
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600*
- catalogue_reference
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600*
- identity_scope
- source-exact-processor-name*
- dataset_date
- 2025-07-23*
- scope
- Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.*
- name
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600*
Scope and conditions
- source_native_row_context
- category
- cpu*
- original_product_name
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600*
- catalogue_reference
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600*
- identity_scope
- source-exact-processor-name*
- dataset_date
- 2025-07-23*
- scope
- Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.*
- name
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600*
Scope and conditions
- source_native_row_context
- category
- cpu*
- original_product_name
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600*
- catalogue_reference
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600*
- identity_scope
- source-exact-processor-name*
- dataset_date
- 2025-07-23*
- scope
- Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.*
- tdp
- 100* W
Scope and conditions
- source_native_row_context
- category
- cpu*
- original_product_name
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600*
- catalogue_reference
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600*
- identity_scope
- source-exact-processor-name*
- dataset_date
- 2025-07-23*
- scope
- Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.*
- tdp
- 100* W
Scope and conditions
- source_native_row_context
- category
- cpu*
- original_product_name
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600*
- catalogue_reference
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600*
- identity_scope
- source-exact-processor-name*
- dataset_date
- 2025-07-23*
- scope
- Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.*
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