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Is the Intel Core i7-2600S @ 2.80GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA1155
Clockspeed: 2.8 GHz
Turbo Speed: 3.8 GHz
Cores: 4 Threads: 8
Typical TDP: 65 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600S CPU @ 2.80GHz, Intel Core i7-2600S CPU @ 2.80GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2011
CPUmark/$Price: 46.28
Overall Rank:
2174th fastest in multithreading out of 5149 CPUs
2103rd fastest in single threading out of 5149 CPUs
611th fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $99.99 USD (2025-04-24)
| Integer Math | 17,446 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 6,532 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 23 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 11,099 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 1,378 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 77,152 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 378 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 3,346 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,715 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
 | $99.99 USD | Buy Now! |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,665 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,301 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,018 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,150 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,861 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,482 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,168 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,705 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,651 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,145 | |
| Intel Core i7-2600S @ 2.80GHz | 4,628 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 227.01 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 186.43 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 168.81 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 152.50 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 136.19 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 130.37 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 49.24 | |
| Intel Core i7-2600S @ 2.80GHz | 46.28 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,610 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,139 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,900 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,680 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,477 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,469 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,364 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,921 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,563 | |
| Intel Core i7-2600S @ 2.80GHz | 1,715 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2665782 - Jun 01 2025 | 4726 | |
| BL2635575 - May 19 2025 | 4633 | |
| BL2602845 - May 05 2025 | 4432 | |
| BL2548818 - Apr 12 2025 | 4592 | |
| BL2544135 - Apr 10 2025 | 4499 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-2600S @ 2.80GHz | 4,628 | |
| AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-2600S | 5,303 (+14.6%) | |
| AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-2600S | 4,631 (+0.1%) | |
| AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-2600S | 5,456 (+17.9%) | |
| AMD FX-6350 Six-Core vs Intel Core i7-2600S | 4,626 (0.0%) | |
| AMD FX-8100 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-2600S | 4,095 (-11.5%) | |
| AMD FX-8300 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-2600S | 5,337 (+15.3%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4440 @ 3.10GHz vs Intel Core i7-2600S | 4,785 (+3.4%) | |
| AMD Phenom II X6 1100T vs Intel Core i7-2600S | 3,912 (-15.5%) | |
| AMD Phenom II X6 1090T vs Intel Core i7-2600S | 3,802 (-17.8%) | |
| AMD Phenom II X6 1075T vs Intel Core i7-2600S | 3,474 (-24.9%) | |
| Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-2600S | 5,484 (+18.5%) | |
| Intel Core i5-4590 @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i7-2600S | 5,372 (+16.1%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,502 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,151 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,307 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,842 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,584 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,486 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,277 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,806 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,763 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,663 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,517 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,509 | |
| Intel Core i7-2600S @ 2.80GHz | 639 |
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