Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 vs Intel Core i7 Q 720

Core 2 Quad Q6600 vs Core i7 Q 720 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core 2 Quad Q6600 performs better than the Core i7 Q 720. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7 Q 720 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7 Q 720 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core 2 Quad Q6600 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7 Q 720. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core 2 Quad Q6600 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7 Q 720

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core 2 Quad Q6600 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.