Intel Core 2 Duo E7600 vs AMD Athlon 64 2600+

Comparative analysis of Intel Core 2 Duo E7600 and AMD Athlon 64 2600+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. 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 E7600

• CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
• Around 92% higher clock speed: 3.07 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
• 6x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• 2.8x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1258 vs 448
• 3.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1150 vs 374

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 2600+

• 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 4.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core 2 Duo E7600
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 2600+

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1258 448
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1150 374

Compare specifications (specs)