Core 2 Duo E6550 vs Pentium Dual Core E6600 LGA775

[xpeh]

I can get both processors for 50 dollars. Which one would be the better choice. I'm looking to do some moderate-high gaming. I'm not planning to overclock either. This is for socket T/LGA775

 

[GhislainG]

The newer Pentium Dual Core E6600 should run cooler and it's faster: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/mid_range_cpus.html

 

[xpeh]

Really? I asked if the Pentium Dual Core E6600 would bottleneck a 6850/6870/GTX 560 Ti, and I was told that it would. I checked if the Core 2 Duo's would bottleneck, and apparently they didn't. I though the Core 2 Duo's were supposed to run faster and cooler than the Pentium Dual cores

 

[jaguarskx]

Get the E6600 it will not really bottleneck those video cards. However, for games that can actually use more than two cores there will be some bottleneck. The core is a quad core CPU.

 

[holdingholder]

That's an older core 2 processor, while the pentium is a newer, pretty much rebadged core 2 with smaller l2 cache and lower fsb but much higher clock speed. Overall I think the Pentium is a better choice especially since your not going to overclock.

 

[GhislainG]

The Core 2 Duo E6550 (65 nm) was released in Q3'07 and the Pentium Dual Core E6600 (45 nm) was released in Q1'10. Don't confuse the Pentium Dual Core E6600 with the Core 2 Duo E6600. A Core 2 Duo E6550 will bottleneck a 6850/6870/GTX 560 Ti. So will a Pentium Dual Core E6600, but to a lesser extent. For a balanced system, you should get a more powerful CPU.

If you check the benchmarks, a Pentium Dual Core E6600 gets 2,103 on the CPU Mark score while an E6600 gets 1,508 and the E6550 gets 1,456. I may be wrong, but 2,103 probably is better than 1,456.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/61?vs=94 It's a comparison of the Pentium E6300 (they didn't test teh fater Pentium E6600) and the Core 2 Duo E6550. If the Pentium E6300 usually is faster, then I would presume that the Pentium E6600 is faster.

 

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