Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 vs Intel Core i3-4330TE

Core 2 Quad Q6600 vs Core i3-4330TE benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-4330TE beats the Core 2 Quad Q6600 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 2 Quad Q6600 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core 2 Quad Q6600 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-4330TE. Indeed, the Core 2 Quad Q6600 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-4330TE. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core 2 Quad Q6600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-4330TE. The Core i3-4330TE 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. In terms of cache, the Core 2 Quad Q6600 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3-4330TE

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.