Pentium 4 HT 651 vs Core 2 Quad Q6600

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Quad (Desktop) Q6600 and Pentium 4 HT 651 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2373not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesCore 2 Quad (Desktop)no data
Power efficiency1.04no data
Architecture codenameKentsfield (2007)Cedar Mill (2006)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)January 2006 (18 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Quad (Desktop) Q6600 and Pentium 4 HT 651 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads42
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus rate1066 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data28 KB
L2 cacheno data2 MB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm65 nm
Die sizeno data81 mm2
Number of transistorsno data188 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Quad (Desktop) Q6600 and Pentium 4 HT 651 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1
Socketno data775
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt86 Watt

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Quad (Desktop) Q6600 and Pentium 4 HT 651. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 1
Threads 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 86 Watt

Core 2 Quad Q6600 has 300% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Pentium 4 HT 651, on the other hand, has 22.1% lower power consumption.

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