The Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 is a part of the Intel Core 2 Duo series. The Intel Core 2 Duo series was a major move for Intel to bring Quad-Core processing into the heavy hitters. The original retail price for this processor came up around $850 and now that it’s been a year since its release it can now be had for an affordable $250.

Specifications

Processor Speed: Q6600 / 2.40GHz
Processor Interface: Socket 775
Processor Class: Core 2 Quad
Processor Core: Kentsfield
Cache Size: 8MB L2
Bus Speed: 1066MHz

Quad Q6600 Performance

The memory performance of the Q6600, Intel Core 2 Quad QX6700, when compared to the Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 are quite similiar. Even though when tested they used the same memory type and speed, so it should be that surprising.

When compared in the CPU performance the Q6600 performed about as 3 times as fast as the dual-core E6700 when using Quad-Core supported applications. However, it ran up as the slowest when not using dual/quad-core enabled applications.

Since games haven’t yet adapted to the big performance gains that can result of multi-core processors the Q6600 performed similarly to the QX6700 and the E6700.

But in real-world applications this isn’t the case the Q6600 was about 10% faster than the QX6700. With a Pentium D processor, users can expect to see an increase of 37% when using the Q6600.

The Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 is an amazing processor that you can clearly see the benefits from when working with real-world applications. At a price of only $250 as of this report, it’s a steal for the performance you get from it, plus its quad-core too, who could want more?