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Is the Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA775
Clockspeed: 2.4 GHz
Cores: 4 Threads: 4
Typical TDP: 105 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 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz, Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz, Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2008
CPUmark/$Price: 20.48
Overall Rank:
3710th fastest in multithreading out of 5775 CPUs
3874th fastest in single threading out of 5775 CPUs
1050th fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $89.95 USD (2025-05-23)
| Integer Math | 7,942 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 3,929 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 10 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 5,243 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 494.6 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 40,084 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 160 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 741 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 953 MOps/Sec |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 58,467 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,304 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 38,944 | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | 23,704 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,844 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,577 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,091 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,680 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,641 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,133 | |
| Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40GHz | 1,842 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 170.64 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 159.59 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 126.77 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 124.66 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 122.37 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 107.97 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 60.63 | |
| Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40GHz | 20.48 | |
| 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 Core2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40GHz | 953 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3254015 - Jan 31 2026 | 2022 | |
| BL3229008 - Jan 20 2026 | 2056 | |
| BL3216473 - Jan 15 2026 | 2039 | |
| BL3215811 - Jan 15 2026 | 2121 | |
| BL3215775 - Jan 15 2026 | 2084 |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 | 14,501 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,418 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,124 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,257 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,795 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus | 10,695 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,512 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,392 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,259 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D | 10,206 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,777 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,756 | |
| Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40GHz | 148 |
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