Core i3-3130M vs Core 2 Quad Q6600 benchmarks
In our benchmarks, the Core i3-3130M 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.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core 2 Quad Q6600 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-3130M that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-3130M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 2 Quad Q6600. A Core i3-3130M 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 i3-3130M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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