Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 vs Intel Xeon E5-2687W

Core 2 Quad Q6600 vs Xeon E5-2687W benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2687W performs better than the Core 2 Quad Q6600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 2 Quad Q6600 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2687W has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core 2 Quad Q6600 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core 2 Quad Q6600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E5-2687W has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 2 Quad Q6600. A Core 2 Quad Q6600 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2687W CPU because of its much lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core 2 Quad Q6600 has more L2 cache than the Xeon E5-2687W

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core 2 Quad Q6600 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.