Intel Core i5-3337U vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600

Core i5-3337U vs Core 2 Quad Q6600 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core 2 Quad Q6600 beats the Core i5-3337U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-3337U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core 2 Quad Q6600 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i5-3337U has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core 2 Quad Q6600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3337U. A Core i5-3337U 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 i5-3337U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.