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Is the Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.40GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA1155
Clockspeed: 3.4 GHz
Turbo Speed: 3.8 GHz
Cores: 4 Threads: 8
Typical TDP: 95 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz, Intel Core i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2010
CPUmark/$Price: 69.08
Overall Rank:
2296th fastest in multithreading out of 5785 CPUs
2307th fastest in single threading out of 5785 CPUs
619th fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $77.37 USD (2026-02-05)
| Integer Math | 20,790 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 7,767 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 25 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 13,049 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 1,600 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 90,313 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 375 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 3,985 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,734 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
 | NA | CPU Not Available. See Other Models |
 | $77.37 USD | Buy Now! |
 | NA | CPU Not Available. See Other Models |
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Dell OptiPlex 990 DT/Core i7-2600 Quad @ 3.40 GHz/12GB DDR3/1TB HDD/DVD-RW/Windows 7 PRO 64 BIT |
$460.32 (www.amazon.com)
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DELL OptiPlex 990 SFF Desktop PC Intel Core i7 2600(3.40GHz) |
$193.04 (www.amazon.com)
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 58,451 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,294 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 38,941 | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | 23,700 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,844 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,583 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,084 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,679 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,640 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,133 | |
| Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.40GHz | 5,344 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 136.53 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 130.24 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 124.63 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 122.40 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 117.87 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 107.95 | |
| Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.40GHz | 69.08 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 60.60 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 4,694 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,600 | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | 4,516 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,886 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,676 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,489 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,467 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,365 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,914 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,560 | |
| Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.40GHz | 1,734 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3280340 - Feb 11 2026 | 5444 | |
| BL3280317 - Feb 11 2026 | 4992 | |
| BL3277829 - Feb 10 2026 [Excluded] | 2365 | |
| BL3277825 - Feb 10 2026 | 4855 | |
| BL3277337 - Feb 10 2026 | 6160 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.40GHz | 5,344 | |
| AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-2600 | 5,318 (-0.5%) | |
| AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-2600 | 4,637 (-13.2%) | |
| Intel Core i7-2700K @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-2600 | 5,694 (+6.5%) | |
| Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i7-2600 | 4,143 (-22.5%) | |
| AMD FX-6350 Six-Core vs Intel Core i7-2600 | 4,652 (-12.9%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs Intel Core i7-2600 | 6,259 (+17.1%) | |
| AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-2600 | 5,475 (+2.5%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3570 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-2600 | 4,929 (-7.8%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3450 @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i7-2600 | 4,513 (-15.6%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3350P @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i7-2600 | 4,323 (-19.1%) | |
| AMD Phenom II X6 1075T vs Intel Core i7-2600 | 3,504 (-34.4%) | |
| AMD Phenom II X6 1065T vs Intel Core i7-2600 | 3,413 (-36.1%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 | 14,501 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,426 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,123 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,257 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,794 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus | 10,695 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,516 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,382 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,258 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D | 10,194 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,778 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,772 | |
| Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.40GHz | 640 |
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