Atom D2700 vs Core 2 Quad Q6600

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Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Quad (Desktop) Q6600 and Atom D2700 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2367not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesCore 2 Quad (Desktop)Intel Atom
Power efficiency1.03no data
Architecture codenameKentsfield (2007)Cedarview (2011−2012)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)1 November 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$52

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Quad (Desktop) Q6600 and Atom D2700 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speedno data2.13 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz0.13 GHz
Bus rate1066 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data66 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistorsno data176 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Quad (Desktop) Q6600 and Atom D2700 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 configurationno data1
Socketno dataFCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Quad (Desktop) Q6600 and Atom D2700. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
PAEno data36 Bit
AMTno data-
HD Audiono data+

Security technologies

Core 2 Quad (Desktop) Q6600 and Atom D2700 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Quad (Desktop) Q6600 and Atom D2700 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Quad (Desktop) Q6600 and Atom D2700. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data4 GB
Max memory channelsno data1
Maximum memory bandwidthno data6.4 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core 2 Quad (Desktop) Q6600 and Atom D2700 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Quad (Desktop) Q6600 and Atom D2700.

PCI Express lanesno data4
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data8

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Core 2 Quad Q6600 1818
+289%
Atom D2700 467

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Core 2 Quad Q6600 269
+138%
Atom D2700 113

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Core 2 Quad Q6600 767
+141%
Atom D2700 318

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Core 2 Quad Q6600 3547
+209%
Atom D2700 1148

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 65 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 10 Watt

Core 2 Quad Q6600 has 100% more physical cores.

Atom D2700, on the other hand, has a 103.1% more advanced lithography process, and 950% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Quad Q6600 and Atom D2700. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core 2 Quad Q6600 is a desktop processor while Atom D2700 is a notebook one.


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