Intel Core i7-2600 vs Intel Core i3-N300

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2563 points
2694 points
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4051 points
4207 points
3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2119 points
2212 points
4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2038 points
2094 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

38.63 points
40.90 points
5% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
325% significantly higher clock speed
0.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
Identical
3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
7 W
1257% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
77% significantly more pcie lanes
9

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
100% significantly more memory channels
1

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
16 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

628th of 1,109
603rd of 1,109

Family

The product line

Core
Core i3 N-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR4-3200

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

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