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Is the Intel Core2 Extreme Q6850 @ 3.00GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA775
Clockspeed: 3.0 GHz
Cores: 4 Threads: 4
Typical TDP: 130 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 4096 KB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Extreme CPU Q6850 @ 3.00GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2008
CPUmark/$Price: 1.50
Overall Rank:
3367th fastest in multithreading out of 5487 CPUs
3259th fastest in single threading out of 5487 CPUs
939th fastest in out of 1484 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $1,495.95 USD (2013-04-06)
| Integer Math | 10,382 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 4,878 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 11 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 6,428 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 595.9 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 50,886 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 168 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 925 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,200 MOps/Sec |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 58,548 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,356 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 38,952 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,148 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,845 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,544 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,109 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,685 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,651 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,144 | |
| Intel Core2 Extreme Q6850 @ 3.00GHz | 2,250 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 282.23 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 160.91 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 159.58 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 133.16 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 122.16 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 106.30 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 53.74 | |
| Intel Core2 Extreme Q6850 @ 3.00GHz | 1.50 | |
| 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 | 4,696 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,601 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,889 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,833 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,678 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,487 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,467 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,364 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,915 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,561 | |
| Intel Core2 Extreme Q6850 @ 3.00GHz | 1,200 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3004302 - Oct 25 2025 | 2278 | |
| BL2988771 - Oct 19 2025 | 2554 | |
| BL2958600 - Oct 07 2025 | 2028 | |
| BL2435088 - Feb 23 2025 | 1947 | |
| BL2435042 - Feb 23 2025 | 1790 |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,444 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,126 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,255 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,796 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,513 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,448 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,270 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D | 10,246 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,778 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,670 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,477 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,412 | |
| Intel Core2 Extreme Q6850 @ 3.00GHz | 171 |
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