Intel Core i3-6100U vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600

Core i3-6100U vs Core 2 Quad Q6600 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-6100U 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Core 2 Quad Q6600 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-6100U has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core 2 Quad Q6600 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-6100U. A Core i3-6100U 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 i3-6100U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.