Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W) vs Intel Core i7-7700K

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W)
Intel Socket 775DESKTOP
2400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2007
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W)
Intel Core i7-7700K
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
4200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
Intel Core i7-7700K

Summary

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

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-7700K

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 i7-7700K

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-7700K

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-7700K

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-7700K

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W)Intel Core i7-7700K
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
HTT
EIST
Intel 64
iAMT2
VT-x
TXT
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
XD bit
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0

Architecture

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W)Intel Core i7-7700K
ArchitectureIntel_CorevsIntel_Kabylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR1, DDR2, DDR3vsDDR4
CodenameKentsfieldvsKaby Lake
Release DateJul 2007vsSep 2016

Cores

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W)Intel Core i7-7700K
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD Graphics 630

Cache

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W)Intel Core i7-7700K
L1 Cache256 KBvs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache8192 KBvs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W)Intel Core i7-7700K
SocketIntel Socket 775vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageFC-LGA6vs
Die Size162mm²vsunknown
Process65 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W)Intel Core i7-7700K
Cpu Frequency2400 MHzvs4200 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs4500 MHz
Base Clock266 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.34 Vvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W)
    1560 points
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    5400 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W)
    6240 points
  • Intel Core i7-7700K
    24192 points

Points - higher is better