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8.8% Slower than the Q6600 Despite Overclocking

Even when overclocked to 2.40 GHz, the Phenom 9100e has a hard time in the race against Intel’s smallest quad CPU, the Core 2 Quad Q6600 at 2.40 GHz.

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The Core 2 Quad Q6600 is 9.8% faster than the overclocked Phenom 9100e. The table clearly shows that when overclocked to 2.40 GHz, the low-power Phenom is, on average, just as fast as Phenom X4 8750.