AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 198.00
$ 193.70
$ 4.30 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6345 points
533% significantly better overall score
1002 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7643 points
312% significantly better gaming score
1852 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5911 points
675% significantly better multitasking score
762 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5785 points
692% significantly better heavy workload score
730 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

180.28 points
892% significantly higher Blender score
18.16 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8116 points
945% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
776 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1623 points
496% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
272 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8090 points
960% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
763 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1674 points
524% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
268 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
100% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
300% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
49% significantly higher clock speed
2.40 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
61% significantly lower TDP
105 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
8 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

233rd of 1,089
946th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
2007 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Ryzen 7 3700X vs Core 2 Quad Q6600 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 3700X 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 3700X has significantly more cores than the Core 2 Quad Q6600. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3700X has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core 2 Quad Q6600. It also has more threads than the Core 2 Quad Q6600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3700X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 2 Quad Q6600. A Ryzen 7 3700X 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core 2 Quad Q6600 has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 3700X

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 Ryzen 7 3700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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