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Is the Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.40GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA1155
Clockspeed: 3.4 GHz
Turbo Speed: 3.8 GHz
Cores: 4 Threads: 8
Typical TDP: 95 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz, Intel Core i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2010
CPUmark/$Price: NA
Overall Rank:
1971st fastest in multithreading out of 5064 CPUs
2011th fastest in single threading out of 5064 CPUs
552nd fastest in out of 1425 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: NA
| Integer Math | 20,804 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 7,769 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 25 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 13,093 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 1,603 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 90,317 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 376 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 3,955 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,736 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
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Gaming Desktop - GTX 950 2GB Graphics, 3.4GHz Core i7 Quad-Core/8-Thread CPU, 8GB RAM, 1TB SSD, WiFi+Bluetooth |
$349.00 (www.amazon.com)
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DELL OptiPlex 990 SFF Desktop PC Intel Core i7 2600(3.40GHz) |
$282.73 (www.amazon.com)
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Multimedia Computer PC, Intel Quad Core i7, 3.40GHz Max, AMD RX 550 2GB, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, DVD+/-RW, Windows 11#7485 |
$279.00 (www.amazon.com)
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,729 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,323 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,047 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,489 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,133 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,868 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,187 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,713 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,644 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,143 | |
| Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.40GHz | 5,347 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 234.14 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 139.83 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 131.19 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.32 | |
| Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.40GHz | NA | |
| 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 |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,611 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,142 | |
| 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 | 3,680 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,470 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,363 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,922 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,564 | |
| Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.40GHz | 1,736 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2558589 - Apr 16 2025 | 5712 | |
| BL2557795 - Apr 16 2025 | 5514 | |
| BL2557061 - Apr 15 2025 | 6096 | |
| BL2556562 - Apr 15 2025 | 5634 | |
| BL2556544 - Apr 15 2025 | 5095 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.40GHz | 5,347 | |
| Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-2600 | 5,480 (+2.5%) | |
| AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-2600 | 5,296 (-1.0%) | |
| AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-2600 | 4,631 (-13.4%) | |
| AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-2600 | 6,080 (+13.7%) | |
| AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-2600 | 5,448 (+1.9%) | |
| AMD FX-9370 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-2600 | 6,316 (+18.1%) | |
| AMD FX-8370 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-2600 | 6,140 (+14.8%) | |
| Intel Core i7-3820 @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i7-2600 | 5,778 (+8.1%) | |
| Intel Core i7-2700K @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i7-2600 | 5,740 (+7.4%) | |
| AMD FX-8300 Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-2600 | 5,335 (-0.2%) | |
| AMD FX-8320E Eight-Core vs Intel Core i7-2600 | 5,112 (-4.4%) | |
| Intel Core i7-2600S @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Core i7-2600 | 4,628 (-13.5%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,498 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,177 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,336 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,849 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,602 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,514 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,295 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,819 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,691 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,516 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 9,442 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 235 | 9,410 | |
| Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.40GHz | 641 |
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