Q6600 vs Q9300

[el Greenie]

okkkk, just recently read an article and saw a face off between the Q6600 and Q9300, and so i read that the Q9300 has better OC skills, is this true? and it also said its more stable, the magizine is called maximum pc

 

[amb7247]

well I think the Q6600 is a quad-core running at 2.4Ghz whiel the Q9300 is 2.5ghz quad-core. The Q6600 also has 65nm dye and uses more power and may also have slightly higher temps. While the Q9300 has a smaller dye 45nm. Smaller die usually results in lower power consumption and lower temperatures.

 

[endyen]

okkkk, just recently read an article and saw a face off between the Q6600 and Q9300, and so i read that the Q9300 has better OC skills, is this true? and it also said its more stable, the magizine is called maximum pc

The 9300 may overclock higher, but it may also die sooner if OCed.
Because it is on such a small node, there have been a few reports of 9xxx chips burning. They just don't give the notice that 65nm parts do.

 

[el Greenie]

The 9300 may overclock higher, but it may also die sooner if OCed.
Because it is on such a small node, there have been a few reports of 9xxx chips burning. They just don't give the notice that 65nm parts do.

if you find a report like that, i would love to see it...

 

[polarity]

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core2quad-q9300.html

says it all really. Basically:

CPU = Q6600 / Q9300
GHz = 2.4 / 2.5
Cache = 2x4MB / 2x3MB
FSB/Multi = 1067x9 / 1333x7.5

45nm has more trouble with electromigration at high voltages (I guess because things don't have to migrate as far to cause problems).

(Sorry for not making a working link but Toms forums are ****ing ****. They keep telling me thread not found when I try and get the full reply thing, use some stupid non standard formatting code, and don't have previews or editing to fix things).

 

[seboj]

I responded to that article in another thread. You have to take those magazine's with a grain of salt.

Polarity says it all - Larger cache, higher multi, 65nm. The 6600 can OC at least at high as the 9300, and higher, due to 9300's apparent fear of voltage raising.

Also, didn't that article state they hit 3.6 with the 9300 on stock HSF? I don't believe they stated how fast it hit 70 C -- I imagine it was pretty fast :lol:

 

[el Greenie]

oook, you'll possibly burn out your Q9300 , does it give stress on the system since its a lower multiplier ?

 

[amb7247]

but this is all assuming you want to OC you should be concerned about having issues wit the 9300. If I don't OC then I guess I shouldn't have much of a problem

 

[hayder_master]

well the q6600 have a good overclock over 3.8 but at stability state 3.2 to 3.4