Overclocking Intel's Core 2 Quad Q6600

Written by Tim Smalley

July 25, 2007 | 09:01

Tags: #2 #680i #air #b3 #benchmarks #bus #core #evaluation #front #g0 #infinity #nforce #overclock #overclocking #p35 #p5k #performance #q6600 #quad #review #sli #voltage

Companies: #intel #scythe #xfx

POV-Ray 3.70 beta 21:

Another new addition to our CPU benchmarking suite is POV-Ray, or Persistence of Vision Raytracer. It's a great little open source tool that can be used for creating 3D graphics art work with raytracing. Version 3.70 is the first version to include proper multi-threaded support, but it is still in beta at the moment meaning performance isn't quite as high as it will be when it comes to final release day. We used the built in benchmarking model on beta 21 for our testing purposes here.

Single Threaded:


POV-Ray 3.7 beta 21

512x384, no AA - benchmark.pov, single threaded

  • Core 2 Quad Q6600 - P35 OC (4x3.348GHz, 1488MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Quad Q6600 - 680i OC (4x3.265GHz, 1451MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (4x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Duo E6850 (2x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Extreme QX6800 (4x2.93GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Extreme X6800 (2x2.93GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Athlon 64 X2 6000+ (2x3.00GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Core 2 Duo E6750 (2x2.67GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Quad Q6700 (4x2.67GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Duo E6700 (2x2.67GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Athlon 64 X2 5600+ (2x2.80GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Core 2 Quad Q6600 (4x2.40GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Duo E6600 (2x2.40GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Athlon 64 X2 5200+ (2x2.60GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
    • 506.9
    • 496.2
    • 457.4
    • 455.6
    • 445.8
    • 444.0
    • 424.2
    • 405.6
    • 404.9
    • 404.2
    • 392.6
    • 364.9
    • 364.1
    • 362.8
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  • Average Score

POV-Ray 3.7 beta 21

512x384, no AA - benchmark.pov, single threaded

  • Core 2 Quad Q6600 - P35 OC (4x3.348GHz, 1488MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Quad Q6600 - 680i OC (4x3.265GHz, 1451MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (4x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Duo E6850 (2x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Extreme QX6800 (4x2.93GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Extreme X6800 (2x2.93GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Athlon 64 X2 6000+ (2x3.00GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Core 2 Duo E6750 (2x2.67GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Quad Q6700 (4x2.67GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Duo E6700 (2x2.67GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Athlon 64 X2 5600+ (2x2.80GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Core 2 Quad Q6600 (4x2.40GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Duo E6600 (2x2.40GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Athlon 64 X2 5200+ (2x2.60GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
    • 516.0
    • 526.8
    • 571.0
    • 573.7
    • 586.0
    • 588.6
    • 618.3
    • 645.7
    • 645.7
    • 648.0
    • 665.8
    • 716.5
    • 719.7
    • 720.5
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Time in Seconds (lower is better)
  • Average Time

Multi Threaded:


POV-Ray 3.7 beta 21

512x384, no AA - benchmark.pov, multi threaded

  • Core 2 Quad Q6600 - P35 OC (4x3.348GHz, 1488MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Quad Q6600 - 680i OC (4x3.265GHz, 1451MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (4x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Extreme QX6800 (4x2.93GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Quad Q6700 (4x2.67GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Quad Q6600 (4x2.40GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Duo E6850 (2x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Extreme X6800 (2x2.93GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Athlon 64 X2 6000+ (2x3.00GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Core 2 Duo E6750 (2x2.67GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Duo E6700 (2x2.67GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Athlon 64 X2 5600+ (2x2.80GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Athlon 64 X2 5200+ (2x2.60GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Core 2 Duo E6600 (2x2.40GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
    • 2018.5
    • 1931.3
    • 1816.7
    • 1766.9
    • 1584.1
    • 1450.2
    • 911.9
    • 888.6
    • 845.5
    • 809.1
    • 805.7
    • 785.1
    • 727.8
    • 722.7
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  • Average Score

POV-Ray 3.7 beta 21

512x384, no AA - benchmark.pov, multi threaded

  • Core 2 Quad Q6600 - P35 OC (4x3.348GHz, 1488MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Quad Q6600 - 680i OC (4x3.265GHz, 1451MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (4x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Extreme QX6800 (4x2.93GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Quad Q6700 (4x2.67GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Quad Q6600 (4x2.40GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Duo E6850 (2x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Extreme X6800 (2x2.93GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Athlon 64 X2 6000+ (2x3.00GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Core 2 Duo E6750 (2x2.67GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Duo E6700 (2x2.67GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Athlon 64 X2 5600+ (2x2.80GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Athlon 64 X2 5200+ (2x2.60GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Core 2 Duo E6600 (2x2.40GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
    • 128.4
    • 132.5
    • 142.3
    • 146.0
    • 163.9
    • 178.7
    • 285.9
    • 293.4
    • 309.3
    • 323.7
    • 325.0
    • 330.0
    • 358.2
    • 362.3
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Time in Seconds (lower is better)
  • Average Time

That's errr... fast? I think that's the right word.
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