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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: 28.21
Overall Rank:
2041st fastest in multithreading out of 5155 CPUs
2076th fastest in single threading out of 5155 CPUs
575th fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $189.69 USD (2025-05-30)
| Integer Math | 20,811 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 7,773 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 25 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 13,093 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 1,604 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 90,408 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 375 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 3,966 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,737 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
 | $189.69 USD | Buy Now! |
 | NA | CPU Not Available. See Other Models |
 | NA | CPU Not Available. See Other Models |
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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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Dell OptiPlex 990 DT/Core i7-2600 Quad @ 3.40 GHz/12GB DDR3/1TB HDD/DVD-RW/Windows 7 PRO 64 BIT |
$244.00 (www.amazon.com)
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,655 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,294 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,015 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,152 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,861 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,485 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,165 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,705 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,652 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,146 | |
| Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.40GHz | 5,351 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 227.01 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 196.82 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 168.17 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 150.65 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 136.17 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 134.84 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 49.23 | |
| Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.40GHz | 28.21 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,610 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,138 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,900 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,837 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,680 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,477 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,469 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,364 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,921 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,563 | |
| Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.40GHz | 1,737 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2706344 - Jun 19 2025 | 4953 | |
| BL2706014 - Jun 19 2025 | 5609 | |
| BL2704996 - Jun 18 2025 | 5720 | |
| BL2703163 - Jun 17 2025 | 5642 | |
| BL2701863 - Jun 17 2025 | 5694 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.40GHz | 5,351 | |
| AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-2600 | 6,086 (+13.7%) | |
| AMD FX-9370 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-2600 | 6,336 (+18.4%) | |
| Intel Core i7-2700K @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-2600 | 5,732 (+7.1%) | |
| AMD FX-8320E Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-2600 | 5,120 (-4.3%) | |
| Intel Core i5-2500 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i7-2600 | 4,113 (-23.1%) | |
| Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-2600 | 6,480 (+21.1%) | |
| Intel Core i7-4820K @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Core i7-2600 | 6,503 (+21.5%) | |
| Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-2600 | 5,484 (+2.5%) | |
| AMD FX-8370E Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-2600 | 5,332 (-0.4%) | |
| AMD FX-8310 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-2600 | 5,050 (-5.6%) | |
| AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-2600 | 5,456 (+2.0%) | |
| AMD FX-8140 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-2600 | 4,860 (-9.2%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,457 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,151 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,299 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,843 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,586 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,482 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,276 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,803 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,731 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,639 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,524 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,517 | |
| Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.40GHz | 641 |
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