Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W) vs Intel Core i3-3220

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W)
Intel Socket 775DESKTOP
2400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2007
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W)
Intel Core i3-3220
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2012
Intel Core i3-3220

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W)

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i3-3220

40 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W).
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.

Intel Core i3-3220

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-3220

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i3-3220

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i3-3220

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W)Intel Core i3-3220
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
HTT
EIST
Intel 64
iAMT2
VT-x
TXT
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
Hyper-Threading
XD bit

Architecture

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W)Intel Core i3-3220
ArchitectureIntel_CorevsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR1, DDR2, DDR3vsDDR3
CodenameKentsfieldvsIvy Bridge
Release DateJul 2007vsSep 2012

Cores

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W)Intel Core i3-3220
Cores4vs2
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 2500

Cache

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W)Intel Core i3-3220
L1 Cache256 KBvs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache8192 KBvs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W)Intel Core i3-3220
SocketIntel Socket 775vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Tempunknownvs65°C
PackageFC-LGA6vsFC-LGA12C
Die Size162mm²vs94mm²
Process65 nmvs22 nm

Performance

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W)Intel Core i3-3220
Cpu Frequency2400 MHzvs3300 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevsnone
Base Clock266 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.34 Vvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs55 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W)
    1560 points
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    3399 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W)
    6240 points
  • Intel Core i3-3220
    8157 points

Points - higher is better