Intel Pentium E6600 @ 3.06GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Pentium E6600 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. 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 per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 1 x 2048 KB

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: 7.79

Overall Rank:
3763rd fastest in multithreading out of 5039 CPUs
2882nd fastest in single threading out of 5039 CPUs
1140th fastest in out of 1422 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $149.95 USD (2025-01-29)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1168

Single Thread Rating

1220

²
Samples: 475*
*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	5,427 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,048 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,323 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	308.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	24,392 KBytes/Sec
Physics	104 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	433 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,220 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 31st of March 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium E6600 @ 3.06GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 29th of March 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 29th of March 2025.
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 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,757
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,335
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,050
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,492
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,126
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,870
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,195
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,717
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,640
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,146
Intel Pentium E6600 @ 3.06GHz		1,168

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		224.27
Intel Core i9-13900K		108.61
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.33
Intel Pentium E6600 @ 3.06GHz		7.79
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		NA
Intel Core i9-12900K		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,612
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,144
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,018
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,682
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,923
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,564
Intel Pentium E6600 @ 3.06GHz		1,220

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium E6600 @ 3.06GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2497686 - Mar 21 2025		1268
BL2426103 - Feb 19 2025		1373
BL2426054 - Feb 19 2025		1360
BL2425832 - Feb 19 2025		1362
BL2354328 - Jan 20 2025		1365

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium E6600 @ 3.06GHz
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium E6600 @ 3.06GHz		1,168
AMD Phenom II X2 565 vs Intel Pentium E6600		1,442 (+23.4%)
AMD A4-3420 APU vs Intel Pentium E6600		1,067 (-8.7%)
AMD Athlon II X3 405e vs Intel Pentium E6600		1,331 (+13.9%)
AMD Phenom 8450 Triple-Core vs Intel Pentium E6600		1,221 (+4.5%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7600 @ 3.06GHz vs Intel Pentium E6600		1,150 (-1.6%)
AMD Phenom II X2 560 vs Intel Pentium E6600		1,381 (+18.2%)
AMD Phenom II X3 705e vs Intel Pentium E6600		1,222 (+4.6%)
AMD Athlon II X2 260 vs Intel Pentium E6600		1,203 (+3.0%)
AMD A4-3400 APU vs Intel Pentium E6600		1,089 (-6.8%)
Intel Pentium E5700 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Pentium E6600		1,084 (-7.2%)
AMD Athlon II X2 235e vs Intel Pentium E6600		1,079 (-7.7%)
AMD Athlon II X2 220 vs Intel Pentium E6600		1,038 (-11.2%)

Is the Intel Pentium E6600 @ 3.06GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,190
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,360
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,855
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,599
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,539
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,295
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,824
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,702
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,533
Intel Core Ultra 5 235		9,449
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF		9,431
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		9,328
Intel Pentium E6600 @ 3.06GHz		187

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