UserBenchmark: Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 vs Pentium G3258

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Best Bench: 64% Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 37% Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg)

Poor: 37% Great: 64%

SPEED RANK: 722^nd / 1442

Gaming 53%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 37%

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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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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		52.6 %	Faster effective speed. +26%		41.6 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	77.4 Pts	Lower memory latency. +19%	65.3 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	87.3 Pts	Hugely faster single-core speed. +192%	29.9 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	159 Pts	Hugely faster dual-core speed. +165%	59.9 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	163 Pts	Much faster quad-core speed. +54%	106 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	167 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +53%	109 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	92.9 Pts	Lower OC memory latency. +22%	76.4 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	120 Pts	Hugely faster OC single-core speed. +208%	38.9 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	230 Pts	Hugely faster OC dual-core speed. +197%	77.4 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	232 Pts	Much faster OC quad-core speed. +58%	147 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	232 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +58%	147 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0 %		0.04 %	Insanely higher market share. +∞%
Value Value For Money	96.2 %	Much better value. +74%	55.1 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	56 %		56 %
Price Price (score)	$31	Much cheaper. +69%	$100


Age Newest	119 Months	Much more recent. +43%	207 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	53 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +50%	105 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	2 cores		4 cores	Hugely higher core count. +100%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	2 threads		4 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +100%
Lithography Manufacturing process	22 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +66%	65 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.2 GHz	Much faster base frequency. +33%	2.4 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.2 GHz	Much faster turbo frequency. +33%	2.4 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	232 Pts	Much faster OC 64-core speed. +57%	148 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	166 Pts	Much faster 64-core speed. +50%	111 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Haswell	Core
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1150	LGA775
Graphics Integrated Graphics	HD	None
Launch Date Launch Date	Q2'14	Q1'07
Cache Cache	3 MB	8 MB L2
Lithography Lithography	22 nm	65 nm
Recommended Price Recommended Customer Price	$72.00	N/A
Bus Speed Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI2	1066 MHz FSB
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The Intel G3258 is the first budget Pentium processor to feature an unlocked multiplier. This enables a comfortable overclock to 4.3 GHz using just the stock heat sink and fan. At 4.3 GHz, in terms of single and dual core performance, the G3258 challenges a fully overclocked i7-4790K, the fastest CPU I have seen to date! These results are stunning considering that the G3258 is retailing for around one fifth as much as an i7-4790K. The G3258's Achilles heel is its poor multi-core performance which is over 50% weaker than the group leaders. For the vast majority of users, assuming an overclock of 4.3 GHz, the G3258 is the best value processor on the market by miles. On the other hand, users that encode multi-media or run SLI/Crossfire setups should look elsewhere. ^{[Jul '14 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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