Core 2 Quad Q6600 vs Core 2 Duo E8500 specs and performance
According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core 2 Quad Q6600 is faster than the Core 2 Duo E8500. Despite this, the Core 2 Duo E8500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core 2 Quad Q6600 has significantly more cores than the Core 2 Duo E8500. Indeed, the Core 2 Quad Q6600 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core 2 Duo E8500. It also has more threads than the Core 2 Duo E8500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core 2 Duo E8500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 2 Quad Q6600. The Core 2 Duo E8500 outputs less heat than Core 2 Quad Q6600 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core 2 Quad Q6600 has slightly more L2 cache than the Core 2 Duo E8500
Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core 2 Quad Q6600 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.
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