Intel Pentium Dual Core E6600 3.00Ghz vs Intel Core 2 Duo

[nanashx47]

I have a Intel Pentium Dual Core E6600 3.00Ghz Processor. Now if I upgrade it to a core 2 duo, will I see any sigsignificant improvement in performance? How much improvement I'll see?

I have a Geforce gt 630 and 3.00GB ddr2 ram.

 

[Karsten75]

You know that there are many, many models of "Core 2 Duo", right?

 

[nanashx47]

Is Core 2 Duo E6420 2.1 Ghz better than that Pentium?? How much it will impact performance?

 

[synphul]

The e6420 has twice the cache, 4mb instead of 2mb but it's a lot slower. It's also 3yrs older than the pentium e6600. I'd go for the e6600. Higher cache size is nice but not worth taking a speed hit from 3ghz to 2ghz. Both are dual core with the same 1066 speed bus.

The core 2 duo in this case would be a step backwards, not an improvement. Keep the e6600.

 

[scuzzycard]

The Pentium is faster by ~50%