UserBenchmark: Intel Core i9-10900K vs Core2 Quad Q6600

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Best Bench: 106% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.3 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 89% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 2.15 GHz (avg)

Poor: 89% Great: 106%

SPEED RANK: 80^th / 1451

Gaming 100%

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 107%

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Best Bench: 50% Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 29% Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg)

Poor: 29% Great: 50%

SPEED RANK: 1027^th / 1451

Gaming 42%

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Desktop 43%

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Workstation 29%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		99.6 %	Hugely faster effective speed. +139%		41.6 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	91.1 Pts	Much lower memory latency. +40%	65.3 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	149 Pts	Hugely faster single-core speed. +398%	29.9 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	295 Pts	Hugely faster dual-core speed. +392%	59.9 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	579 Pts	Hugely faster quad-core speed. +446%	106 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	1100 Pts	Hugely faster octa-core speed. +909%	109 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	97.4 Pts	Lower OC memory latency. +27%	76.4 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	158 Pts	Hugely faster OC single-core speed. +306%	38.9 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	314 Pts	Hugely faster OC dual-core speed. +306%	77.4 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	623 Pts	Hugely faster OC quad-core speed. +324%	147 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	1222 Pts	Hugely faster OC octa-core speed. +731%	147 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.46 %	Insanely higher market share. +4,500%	0.01 %
Value Value For Money	88.4 %	Much better value. +60%	55.1 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	66 %	More popular. +18%	56 %
Price Price (score)	$430		$100	Much cheaper. +77%


Age Newest	49 Months	Much more recent. +77%	209 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watts		105 Watts	More energy efficient. +16%
Cores CPU Processing Cores	10 cores	Hugely higher core count. +150%	4 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	20 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +400%	4 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +78%	65 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.7 GHz	Much faster base frequency. +54%	2.4 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	5.3 GHz	Hugely faster turbo frequency. +121%	2.4 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	2033 Pts	Insanely faster OC 64-core speed. +1,274%	148 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1888 Pts	Insanely faster 64-core speed. +1,601%	111 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Comet Lake	Core
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1200	LGA775
Graphics Integrated Graphics	UHD 630	None
Launch Date Launch Date	Q2'20	Q1'07
Cache Cache	20 MB Intel® Smart Cache	8 MB L2
Lithography Lithography	14 nm	65 nm
Bus Speed Bus Speed	8 GT/s	1066 MHz FSB
Turbo Boost Tech Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡	2	No
Hyper-Threading Tech Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡	Yes	No
AES New Instructions Intel® AES New Instructions	Yes	No
Trusted Execution Tech Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡	Yes	No
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Intel’s Comet Lake flagship, the i9-10900K, is the fastest gaming and desktop CPU currently available. This ten-core hyperthreaded processor can easily be overclocked so that all twenty threads run at an eye-watering 5.2 GHz. Whilst its stellar performance is second to none, it comes with a premium price tag of $488 USD. The 10900K also requires a new (Z490) LGA1200 motherboard, which Intel has indicated will remain compatible with Rocket Lake CPUs which are due later this year. Whilst AMD’s competing $420 USD Ryzen 3900X and $675 USD Ryzen 3950X do have a greater number of cores, their lower clock speeds and higher memory latency handicap them in non-rendering use cases. Overall, the 10900K has a 16% effective speed advantage over both the 3900X and 3950X. Users that do a lot of rendering should investigate dedicated hardware encoders such as NVENC and Quick Sync as these are far more efficient than CPU based rendering. Comparing the 10900K and 10700K shows that, when paired with a 2060S, the 10700K offers comparable gaming performance for 20% less money. ^{[Jun '20 CPUPro]}

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The Core2 Quad Q6600 is over 7 years old which is a lot of processor lifetimes! This particular model has been included in the group test simply as a reference because of its exceptional popularity back when it was at the forefront of technological advance. The Q6600's four physical cores demonstrate exceptional overclocking capacity and often achieve in excess of 40% performance increases. Modern Quad core processors offer nearly three times more performance on both single and multi-core workloads. There have also been lots of non-processing related improvements in the platform over the last 7 years which include SATA 600 MB/s, USB 3.0 PCIe and more. ^{[Mar '14 CPUPro]}

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