Core i3-2130 vs Core 2 Quad Q6600 comparison
According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core 2 Quad Q6600 is faster than the Core i3-2130. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-2130 in all gaming tests too.
With info from our database, we find that the Core 2 Quad Q6600 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-2130 has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-2130 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 2 Quad Q6600. A Core i3-2130 CPU outputs less heat than a Core 2 Quad Q6600 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.
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. Indeed, the Core i3-2130 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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