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General information Core2 Quad Q6600 Core2 Duo E6550
Launched Q4 2008 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA775 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core 2 Quad Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Kentsfield Conroe
Clock 2.4 GHz 0 % 2.3 GHz 4.2 %
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 % 65 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 4 MB
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance Core2 Quad Q6600 Core2 Duo E6550
Overall Score 32899 0 % 27503 16.4 %
Future Proof 10 % 0 % 10 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1171 0 % 572 51.2 %
Single Thread Score 947.2 0 % 914.2 3.5 %
Encrypting Data 2683.2 MB/s 0 % 1294.8 MB/s 51.7 %
Compressing Data 39.1 MB/s 0 % 18.7 MB/s 52.2 %
String objects sorting 5243.7 thousand/s 0 % 2613.3 thousand/s 50.2 %
Prime numbers generation 10 millions/s 0 % 5 millions/s 50 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 7814.5 millions/s 0 % 3553.7 millions/s 54.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3952.9 millions/s 0 % 1875 millions/s 52.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core2 Quad Q6600, Core2 Duo E6550.

Average frames per second Core2 Quad Q6600 Core2 Duo E6550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 52.5 FPS 37.6 FPS
High settings 84.0 FPS 60.2 FPS
Medium settings 105.0 FPS 75.3 FPS
Low settings 131.2 FPS 94.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 28.3 %

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 Core2 Duo E6550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 108.6 FPS 99.1 FPS
High settings 173.7 FPS 158.5 FPS
Medium settings 217.2 FPS 198.1 FPS
Low settings 271.5 FPS 247.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.8 %
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