UserBenchmark: Intel Core i7-6850K vs Core2 Quad Q6600

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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: 1017^th / 1442

Gaming 42%

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Desktop 43%

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Workstation 29%

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Best Bench: 93% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 74% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)

Poor: 74% Great: 93%

SPEED RANK: 195^th / 1442

Gaming 84%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 75%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		41.6 %			83.6 %	Hugely faster effective speed. +101%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	65.3 Pts	86.5 Pts	Much lower memory latency. +32%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	29.9 Pts	114 Pts	Hugely faster single-core speed. +281%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	59.9 Pts	227 Pts	Hugely faster dual-core speed. +279%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	106 Pts	435 Pts	Hugely faster quad-core speed. +310%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	109 Pts	713 Pts	Hugely faster octa-core speed. +554%


Memory OC Memory Latency	76.4 Pts	95.5 Pts	Lower OC memory latency. +25%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	38.9 Pts	131 Pts	Hugely faster OC single-core speed. +237%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	77.4 Pts	259 Pts	Hugely faster OC dual-core speed. +235%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	147 Pts	500 Pts	Hugely faster OC quad-core speed. +240%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	147 Pts	812 Pts	Hugely faster OC octa-core speed. +452%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.01 %		0.04 %	Hugely higher market share. +300%
Value Value For Money	55.1 %		107 %	Hugely better value. +93%
User Rating UBM User Rating	56 %		59 %	Slightly more popular. +5%
Price Price (score)	$100	Cheaper. +13%	$115


Age Newest	207 Months		94 Months	Much more recent. +55%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watts	More energy efficient. +25%	140 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	4 cores		6 cores	Much higher core count. +50%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	4 threads		12 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +200%
Lithography Manufacturing process	65 nm		14 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +78%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	2.4 GHz		3.6 GHz	Much faster base frequency. +50%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	2.4 GHz		4 GHz	Much faster turbo frequency. +67%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	148 Pts		1012 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +584%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	111 Pts		903 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +714%


Series CPU Architecture	Core	Broadwell-E
Socket Motherboard Socket	LGA775	LGA2011-V3
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	None
Launch Date Launch Date	Q1'07	Q2'16
Cache Cache	8 MB L2	15 MB
Lithography Lithography	65 nm	14 nm
Turbo Boost Tech Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡	No	2.0
Hyper-Threading Tech Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡	No	Yes
AES New Instructions Intel® AES New Instructions	No	Yes
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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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The Core i7-6850K is one of four new Broadwell-E prosumer CPUs. This model has six cores with base and turbo frequencies of 3.6 and 4.0 GHz respectively. The 6850K is based on the 14 nm Broadwell-E architecture. It has a TDP of 140 watts, 40 PCIe 3.0 lanes and no integrated graphics. Because of its relatively high MSRP of around $700, this CPU only makes sense for niche use cases which could include top end graphics design or video production workstations. Comparing the 6850K and 6700K shows that for typical desktop use the 6850K only offers a gain of around 10% for a whopping two fold price increase. This is because desktop computing largely depends on single core performance and the Skylake i7-6700K is both clocked higher and has higher IPC due to its one generation lead over the 6850K. ^{[Jun '16 CPUPro]}

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