Intel Core i3-6006U vs Intel Core 2 Duo E6550

Core i3-6006U vs Core 2 Duo E6550 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-6006U is faster than the Core 2 Duo E6550. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 2 Duo E6550 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i3-6006U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core 2 Duo E6550 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-6006U. A Core i3-6006U CPU outputs less heat than a Core 2 Duo E6550 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. Indeed, the Core i3-6006U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.