Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 vs Intel Core i5-680

Comparative analysis of Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 and Intel Core i5-680 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Peripherals. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core 2 Duo E6600

  • Around 12% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 73 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 73 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-680

  • Around 21% higher maximum core temperature: 72.6°C vs 60.1°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 71% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1614 vs 946
  • 2.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2647 vs 942
  • Around 71% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 530 vs 310
  • 2.3x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1207 vs 533
Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature 72.6°C vs 60.1°C
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1614 vs 946
PassMark - CPU mark 2647 vs 942
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 530 vs 310
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1207 vs 533

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-680

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
946
1614
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
942
2647
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
310
530
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
533
1207
Name Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Intel Core i5-680
PassMark - Single thread mark 946 1614
PassMark - CPU mark 942 2647
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 310 530
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 533 1207
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 0.627
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 35.723
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.174
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.995
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2.776

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Intel Core i5-680

Essentials

Architecture codename Conroe Clarkdale
Launch date Q3'06 April 2010
Place in performance rating 2773 2792
Processor Number E6600 i5-680
Series Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $272
Price now $89.99
Value for money (0-100) 11.50

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.40 GHz 3.60 GHz
Bus Speed 1066 MHz FSB 2.5 GT/s DMI
Die size 143 mm2 81 mm2
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 60.1°C 72.6°C
Number of cores 2 2
Transistor count 291 million 382 million
VID voltage range 0.8500V-1.5V 0.6500V-1.4000V
L1 cache 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 4096 KB (shared)
Maximum frequency 3.86 GHz
Number of threads 4

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Scenario Design Power (SDP) 0 W
Sockets supported PLGA775 FCLGA1156
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 73 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
FSB parity
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.2
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 36-bit

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 21 GB/s
Maximum memory size 16.6 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 1066/1333

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 733 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Processor graphics Intel HD Graphics

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 2

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 2.0
PCIe configurations 1x16, 2x8