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General information Core2 Quad Q6600 A6-6420K
Launched Q4 2008 Q4 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA775 FM2
Series Name Intel Core 2 Quad AMD A6
Core Family Name Kentsfield Richland
Clock 2.4 GHz 40 % 4 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 W 0 % 65 W 38.1 %
Lithography 65 nm 0 % 32 nm 50.8 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 16 kB Data
1 × 64 kB Instruction
L2 Cache 2 × 4 MB
1 × 1 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance Core2 Quad Q6600 A6-6420K
Overall Score 32970 0 % 31849 3.4 %
Future Proof 10 % 77.3 % 44 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1182 0 % 1029 12.9 %
Single Thread Score 953.9 38.2 % 1543.7 0 %
Encrypting Data 2554.3 MB/s 0 % 2197.6 MB/s 14 %
Compressing Data 39 MB/s 0 % 27 MB/s 30.7 %
String objects sorting 5304.1 thousand/s 0 % 3510 thousand/s 33.8 %
Prime numbers generation 10.1 millions/s 0 % 6 millions/s 40.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 7800.7 millions/s 25.5 % 10476.4 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3919.3 millions/s 0 % 2616.9 millions/s 33.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core2 Quad Q6600, A6-6420K.

Average frames per second Core2 Quad Q6600 A6-6420K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 52.5 FPS 49.2 FPS
High settings 84.0 FPS 78.7 FPS
Medium settings 105.0 FPS 98.4 FPS
Low settings 131.2 FPS 123.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.3 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core2 Quad Q6600 A6-6420K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 108.3 FPS 106.4 FPS
High settings 173.3 FPS 170.2 FPS
Medium settings 216.6 FPS 212.8 FPS
Low settings 270.8 FPS 265.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.8 %
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