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    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

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