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Core 2 Quad Q6600 vs Atom N450


Description
The Q6600 is based on Core architecture while the N450 is based on Bonnell.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the Q6600 gets a score of 30.6 k points while the N450 gets 4.6 k points.

Summarizing, the Q6600 is 6.7 times faster than the N450 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
6fb
106ca
Core
Kentsfield
Pineview
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.4 GHz
1.667 GHz
Socket
LGA 775
BGA 559
Cores/Threads
4/4
1 /2
TDP
95 W
6 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
4x32+4x32 kB
64 kB
Cache L2
8192 kB
512 kB
Cache L3
kB
0 kB
Date
July 2007
December 2009
Mean monothread perf.
8.92k points
3.42k points
Mean multithread perf.
30.64k points
4.58k points

SSE3 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode I (SSE) is optimized for the use of SIMD instructions with 128 bits register and the SSE set up to version 3. Nearly every modern CPU has support for this mode.
Monothread
Q6600
N450
Test#1 (Integers)
2.78k
1.08k (x0.39)
Test#2 (FP)
2.49k
0.84k (x0.34)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.37k
0.94k (x0.4)
Test#1 (Memory)
1.29k
0.56k (x0.43)
TOTAL
8.92k
3.42k (x0.38)

Multithread

Q6600

N450
Test#1 (Integers)
10.9k
1.32k (x0.12)
Test#2 (FP)
9.79k
1.33k (x0.14)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
9.11k
1.29k (x0.14)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.84k
0.63k (x0.75)
TOTAL
30.64k
4.58k (x0.15)

Performance/W
Q6600
N450
Test#1 (Integers)
115 points/W
220 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
103 points/W
222 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
96 points/W
216 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
9 points/W
105 points/W
TOTAL
323 points/W
763 points/W

Performance/GHz
Q6600
N450
Test#1 (Integers)
1157 points/GHz
647 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
1036 points/GHz
504 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
986 points/GHz
563 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
539 points/GHz
337 points/GHz
TOTAL
3718 points/GHz
2051 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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