Intel Core i7-7700K vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600

Core i7-7700K vs Core 2 Quad Q6600 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-7700K 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 these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-7700K has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-7700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 2 Quad Q6600. A Core i7-7700K CPU outputs less heat than a Core 2 Quad Q6600 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core 2 Quad Q6600 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-7700K

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-7700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.