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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 32900 0 % 31772 3.4 %
Future Proof 10 % 77.3 % 44 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1172 0 % 1019 13.1 %
Single Thread Score 945.3 39.4 % 1559.2 0 %
Encrypting Data 2669.8 MB/s 0 % 2350 MB/s 12 %
Compressing Data 39.4 MB/s 0 % 26.9 MB/s 31.6 %
String objects sorting 5317.7 thousand/s 0 % 3489 thousand/s 34.4 %
Prime numbers generation 10 millions/s 0 % 6 millions/s 40.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 7830.2 millions/s 24.7 % 10403.8 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3905.6 millions/s 0 % 2627.4 millions/s 32.7 %

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 52.2 FPS 49.2 FPS
High settings 83.5 FPS 78.7 FPS
Medium settings 104.4 FPS 98.4 FPS
Low settings 130.5 FPS 123.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.8 %

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 106.5 FPS
High settings 173.3 FPS 170.4 FPS
Medium settings 216.6 FPS 213.0 FPS
Low settings 270.7 FPS 266.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.7 %
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