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The AMD Phenom II X2 B59 is newer than Intel Pentium E6600 @ 3.06GHz also around 19% faster in multi-threaded (CPU Mark) testing, it is around 12% faster in single-thread testing. However, AMD Phenom II X2 B59 uses around 21% more power. All the CPUs in this comparison belong in the Desktop CPU Class.The values below were tabulated from a combined 521 benchmarks submitted from our PerformanceTest software and results and are updated daily to include new submissions.
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1: AMD Phenom II X2 B59 | |
2: Intel Pentium E6600 @ 3.06GHz | |
×AMD Phenom II X2 B59 | ×Intel Pentium E6600 @ 3.06GHz | + ADD | |
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Price | Search Online | $50 - BUY | |
Socket Type | AM2+/AM3 | LGA775 | |
CPU Class | Desktop | Desktop | |
Clockspeed | 3.4 GHz | 3.1 GHz | |
Turbo Speed | Not Supported | Not Supported | |
# of Physical Cores | 2 (Threads: 2) | 2 (Threads: 2) | |
Cache | L1: 256KB, L2: 1.0MB, L3: 6MB | L1: 128KB, L2: 2.0MB, L3: 0MB | |
TDP | 80W | 65W | |
Yearly Running Cost | $14.60 | $11.86 | |
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First Seen on Chart | Q1 2012 | Q4 2010 | |
# of Samples | 54 | 467 | |
CPU Value | 29.1 | 22.6 | |
Single Thread Rating(% diff. to max in group) | 1368(0.0%) | 12043(-12.0%) | |
CPU Mark(% diff. to max in group) | 1396(0.0%) | 1132(-18.9%) |
AMD Phenom II X2 B59 | 1,396 | |
Intel Pentium E6600 @ 3.06GHz | 1,132 | |
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AMD Phenom II X2 B59 | 29.1 | |
Intel Pentium E6600 @ 3.06GHz | 22.6 | |
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AMD Phenom II X2 B59 | 1,368 | |
Intel Pentium E6600 @ 3.06GHz | 1,204 | |
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AMD Phenom II X2 B59 | Intel Pentium E6600 @ 3.06GHz | |
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Max TDP | 80W | 65W |
Power consumption per day (kWh) | 0.16 | 0.13 |
Running cost per day | $0.040 | $0.033 |
Power consumption per year (kWh) | 58.4 | 47.5 |
Running cost per year | $14.60 | $11.86 |