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Is the Intel Core i7-2600S @ 2.80GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA1155
Clockspeed: 2.8 GHz
Turbo Speed: 3.8 GHz
Cores: 4 Threads: 8
Typical TDP: 65 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) i7-2600S CPU @ 2.80GHz, Intel Core i7-2600S CPU @ 2.80GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2011
CPUmark/$Price: 31.13
Overall Rank:
2360th fastest in multithreading out of 5444 CPUs
2257th fastest in single threading out of 5444 CPUs
633rd fastest in out of 1475 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $149.00 USD (2025-10-02)
| Integer Math | 17,479 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 6,537 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 24 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 11,099 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 1,383 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 77,087 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 376 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 3,363 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,720 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 58,561 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,422 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 38,961 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,152 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,848 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,513 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,117 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,686 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,651 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,146 | |
| Intel Core i7-2600S @ 2.80GHz | 4,639 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 256.33 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 183.61 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 130.43 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 126.19 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 118.68 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 103.40 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 47.80 | |
| Intel Core i7-2600S @ 2.80GHz | 31.13 | |
| 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 i9-14900K | 4,697 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,602 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,892 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,834 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,678 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,485 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,468 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,364 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,916 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,561 | |
| Intel Core i7-2600S @ 2.80GHz | 1,720 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3017240 - Oct 31 2025 | 4783 | |
| BL3017188 - Oct 31 2025 | 4783 | |
| BL2982909 - Oct 17 2025 | 4737 | |
| BL2913392 - Sep 17 2025 | 4752 | |
| BL2849673 - Aug 20 2025 | 4846 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-2600S @ 2.80GHz | 4,639 | |
| Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-2600S | 5,489 (+18.3%) | |
| Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-2600S | 5,346 (+15.2%) | |
| AMD FX-8320E Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-2600S | 5,121 (+10.4%) | |
| AMD FX-6300 Six-Core vs Intel Core i7-2600S | 4,224 (-9.0%) | |
| Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i7-2600S | 4,140 (-10.8%) | |
| AMD FX-8310 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-2600S | 5,050 (+8.8%) | |
| AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-2600S | 4,631 (-0.2%) | |
| AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-2600S | 5,469 (+17.9%) | |
| AMD FX-8300 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-2600S | 5,332 (+14.9%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3570K @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-2600S | 4,972 (+7.2%) | |
| AMD FX-8140 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-2600S | 4,860 (+4.8%) | |
| Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Core i7-2600S | 4,665 (+0.6%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,422 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,136 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,256 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,802 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,505 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,496 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,271 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,780 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,613 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,502 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,484 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,427 | |
| Intel Core i7-2600S @ 2.80GHz | 638 |
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