Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W) vs AMD FX-9590
Summary
Reasons to consider Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W) |
| 125 watts lower power draw. |
Reasons to consider AMD FX-9590 |
| This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below). |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture. |
| Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture. |
| Higher overall performance, based on specifications plus core architecture. |
Gaming
HWBench recommends AMD FX-9590
Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
Productivity
HWBench recommends AMD FX-9590
Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.
Features
| Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W) | | AMD FX-9590 | |
|---|
| MMX | | | |
| SSE | | | |
| SSE2 | | | |
| SSE3 | | | |
| HTT | | | |
| EIST | | | |
| Intel 64 | | | |
| iAMT2 | | | |
| VT-x | | | |
| TXT | | | |
| SSSE3 | | | |
| SSE4.1 | | | |
| SSE4.2 | | | |
| SSE4a | | | |
| AMD64 | | | |
| AMD-V | | | |
| AES | | | |
| AVX | | | |
| CLMUL | | | |
| CVT16 | | | |
| EVP | | | |
| FMA4 | | | |
| XOP | | | |
| Turbo Core | | | |
| HT3.1 | | | |
Architecture
| Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W) | | AMD FX-9590 | |
|---|
| Architecture | Intel_Core | vs | AMD Piledriver |
| Market | Desktop | vs | Desktop |
| Memory Support | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 | vs | DDR3 |
| Codename | Kentsfield | vs | Vishera |
| Release Date | Jul 2007 | vs | Jul 2013 |
Cores
| Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W) | | AMD FX-9590 | |
|---|
| Cores | 4 | vs | 8 |
| Threads | 4 | vs | 8 |
| SMPs | 1 | vs | 1 |
| Integrated Graphics | No | vs | No |
Cache
| Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W) | | AMD FX-9590 | |
|---|
| L1 Cache | 256 KB | vs | 384 KB |
| L2 Cache | 8192 KB | vs | 8192 KB |
| L3 Cache | 0 KB | vs | 8192 KB (shared) |
Physical
| Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W) | | AMD FX-9590 | |
|---|
| Socket | Intel Socket 775 | vs | AMD Socket AM3+ |
| Max Case Temp | unknown | vs | unknown |
| Package | FC-LGA6 | vs | uPGA |
| Die Size | 162mm² | vs | 315mm² |
| Process | 65 nm | vs | 32 nm |
Performance
| Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W) | | AMD FX-9590 | |
|---|
| Cpu Frequency | 2400 MHz | vs | 4700 MHz |
| Turbo Clock | none | vs | 5000 MHz |
| Base Clock | 266 MHz | vs | 200 MHz |
| Voltage | 1.34 V | vs | 1.912 V |
| TDP | 95 W | vs | 220 W |
Points - higher is better
Points - higher is better