Intel Pentium E6600 @ 3.06GHz

Price and performance details for the Intel Pentium E6600 @ 3.06GHz can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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Intel Pentium E6600 @ 3.06GHz

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: LGA775

Clockspeed: 3.1 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache Size: L1: 128 KB, L2: 2.0 MB, L3: 0 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU E6600 @ 3.06GHz, Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E6600 @ 3.06GHz, Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E6600 @ 3.06GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2010

CPUmark/$Price: 37.12

Overall Rank: 3264

Last Price Change: $29.95 USD (2023-03-11)

Average CPU Mark

1112

Single Thread Rating: 1178²
Samples: 458*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,738
Thread: 1,185

²Single thread rating may be higher than the overall rating, thread performance is just one component of the CPU Mark.

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Pentium E6600 @ 3.06GHz

Integer Math	5,260 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,991 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,234 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	289.8 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	23,575 KBytes/Sec
Physics	102 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	404 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,178 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 25th of September 2023.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium E6600 @ 3.06GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 25th of September 2023

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 25th of September 2023.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 25th of September 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,768
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,465
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,748
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		22,632
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,068
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,935
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,424
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,785
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,481
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,250
Intel Pentium E6600 @ 3.06GHz		1,112

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 25th of September 2023 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		213.02
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		153.99
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		140.24
Intel Core i9-12900K		117.47
Intel Core i9-13900K		104.86
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.96
Intel Pentium E6600 @ 3.06GHz		37.12
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		32.61
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 25th of September 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,666
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,195
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,053
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,959
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,844
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,715
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,359
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,942
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		2,663
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,569
Intel Pentium E6600 @ 3.06GHz		1,178

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium E6600 @ 3.06GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1908210 - Sep 20 2023		1301
BL1878934 - Aug 09 2023		1019
BL1811351 - May 05 2023		560
BL1797645 - Apr 18 2023		397
BL1794515 - Apr 14 2023		1400

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium E6600 @ 3.06GHz
As of 25th of September 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium E6600 @ 3.06GHz		1,112
Intel Pentium E5700 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Pentium E6600		1,072 (-3.6%)
Intel Pentium E6700 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Pentium E6600		1,178 (+5.9%)
AMD Athlon II X2 B24 vs Intel Pentium E6600		1,110 (-0.2%)
AMD Athlon II X2 210e vs Intel Pentium E6600		1,105 (-0.6%)
AMD A4-5300 APU vs Intel Pentium E6600		1,375 (+23.6%)
Intel Pentium E6800 @ 3.33GHz vs Intel Pentium E6600		1,193 (+7.3%)
AMD Athlon II X2 B22 vs Intel Pentium E6600		1,053 (-5.3%)
AMD Athlon II X2 240 vs Intel Pentium E6600		1,021 (-8.2%)
AMD Athlon II X2 215 vs Intel Pentium E6600		962 (-13.5%)
AMD A4-5300B APU vs Intel Pentium E6600		1,243 (+11.8%)
Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz vs Intel Pentium E6600		1,135 (+2.1%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66GHz vs Intel Pentium E6600		990 (-10.9%)

Is the Intel Pentium E6600 @ 3.06GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 25th of September 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,188
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,103
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,554
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,427
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,820
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,812
Intel Core i9-13900KF		7,535
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D		7,237
Intel Core i9-13900		6,923
Intel Core i9-13900F		6,890
Intel Core i7-13700K		6,852
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X		6,802
Intel Pentium E6600 @ 3.06GHz		183

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