Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 vs Intel Core i7-920

Comparative analysis of Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 and Intel Core i7-920 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Memory. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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).

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600

Intel Core i7-920

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core 2 Duo E6600

2x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 130 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 130 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-920

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 13% higher maximum core temperature: 67.9°C vs 60.1°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1215 vs 946
3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2840 vs 942
Around 51% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 469 vs 310
3.5x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1855 vs 533

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Maximum core temperature	67.9°C vs 60.1°C
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1215 vs 946
PassMark - CPU mark	2840 vs 942
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	469 vs 310
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1855 vs 533

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-920

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

946

1215

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

942

2840

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

310

469

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

533

1855

Name	Intel Core 2 Duo E6600	Intel Core i7-920
PassMark - Single thread mark	946	1215
PassMark - CPU mark	942	2840
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	310	469
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	533	1855
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		2227
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.873
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		50.388
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.3
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		1.595
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		4

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Core 2 Duo E6600	Intel Core i7-920
Essentials
Architecture codename	Conroe	Bloomfield
Launch date	Q3'06	November 2008
Place in performance rating	2773	2767
Processor Number	E6600	i7-920
Series	Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors	Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$340
Price now		$174
Value for money (0-100)		8.34
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.40 GHz	2.66 GHz
Bus Speed	1066 MHz FSB	4.8 GT/s QPI
Die size	143 mm2	263 mm2
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	60.1°C	67.9°C
Number of cores	2	4
Transistor count	291 million	731 million
VID voltage range	0.8500V-1.5V	0.800V-1.375V
Front-side bus (FSB)		1333 MHz
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
L2 cache		256 KB (per core)
L3 cache		8192 KB (shared)
Maximum frequency		2.93 GHz
Number of QPI Links		1
Number of threads		8
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm	42.5mm x 45.0mm
Scenario Design Power (SDP)	0 W
Sockets supported	PLGA775	FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	130 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
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.2
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		36-bit
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Memory
Max memory channels		3
Maximum memory bandwidth		25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size		24 GB
Supported memory types		DDR3 800/1066