Ryzen 5 2600 vs Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W)

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W) and Ryzen 5 2600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated905
Place by popularitynot in top-10022
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data9.91
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataAMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiencyno data12.08
Architecture codenameKentsfield (2007)Pinnacle Riege (Zen+) (2018)
Release date23 July 2007 (17 years ago)19 April 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$266$199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W) and Ryzen 5 2600 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads412
Base clock speed2.4 GHz3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data34
L1 cache64 KB (per core)96K (per core)
L2 cache8 MB (shared)3 MB
L3 cache0 KB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm12 nm
Die size2x 143 mm2192 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)62 °Cno data
Number of transistors582 million4,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W) and Ryzen 5 2600 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
Socket775AM4
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W) and Ryzen 5 2600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W) and Ryzen 5 2600 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W) and Ryzen 5 2600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data46.933 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Quad Q6600 (95W) and Ryzen 5 2600.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 July 2007 19 April 2018
Physical cores 4 6
Threads 4 12
Chip lithography 65 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 65 Watt

Ryzen 5 2600 has an age advantage of 10 years, 50% more physical cores and 200% more threads, a 441.7% more advanced lithography process, and 46.2% lower power consumption.

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