Core 2 Duo E6600 vs Phenom X4 9650

Place in the ranking	2402	2806
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	no data	Core 2 Duo (Desktop)
Power efficiency	1.08	0.84
Architecture codename	Agena (2007−2008)	Conroe (2006−2007)
Release date	March 2008 (16 years ago)	no data (2024 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom X4 9650 and Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus rate	no data	1066 MHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	no data
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	65 nm	65 nm
Die size	285 mm²	no data
Number of transistors	450 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Phenom X4 9650 and Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 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 configuration	1	no data
Socket	AM2+	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	65 Watt

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom X4 9650 and Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Phenom X4 9650 1.08
+86.2%

Core 2 Duo E6600 0.58

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.

Phenom X4 9650 1721
+87.3%

Core 2 Duo E6600 919

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.

Phenom X4 9650 238

Core 2 Duo E6600 263
+10.5%

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.

Phenom X4 9650 758
+80.5%

Core 2 Duo E6600 420