Intel Core 2 Performance Comparison Guide

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  1. Dashken

    Dashken Administrator!

    Specifications are all well and great, but can you really tell how much faster is one processor from another? Both Intel and AMD are trying to do just that with their model numbering scheme. But with over 30 SKUs, the Intel Core 2 family of processors has become a confusing bunch of numbers.

    Today, we begin a performance comparison project for the Intel Core 2 family of processors where we test and compare the Intel Core 2 processors' performance in five different benchmarks. It will show you exactly where a higher clock speed would be more advantageous and where the number of processing cores is far more important, as well as situations where the processor itself won't really matter much.

    Here's a quote from the guide :-
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    Link : Intel Core 2 Performance Comparison Guide
     
  2. Dashken

    Dashken Administrator!

    Intel Core 2 Performance Comparison Guide Rev. 1.1

    The guide has just been updated! :wave:

    Specifications are all well and great, but can you really tell how much faster is one processor from another? Both Intel and AMD are trying to do just that with their model numbering scheme. But with over 30 SKUs, the Intel Core 2 family of processors has become a confusing bunch of numbers.

    Today, we begin a performance comparison project for the Intel Core 2 family of processors where we test and compare the Intel Core 2 processors' performance in five different benchmarks. It will show you exactly where a higher clock speed would be more advantageous and where the number of processing cores is far more important, as well as situations where the processor itself won't really matter much.

    Here's a quote from the guide :-
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    Link : Intel Core 2 Performance Comparison Guide Rev. 1.1
     
  3. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Specifications are all well and great, but can you really tell how much faster is one processor from another? Both Intel and AMD are trying to do just that with their model numbering scheme. But with over 30 SKUs, the Intel Core 2 family of processors has become a confusing bunch of numbers.

    Today, we begin a performance comparison project for the Intel Core 2 family of processors where we test and compare the Intel Core 2 processors' performance in five different benchmarks. It will show you exactly where a higher clock speed would be more advantageous and where the number of processing cores is far more important, as well as situations where the processor itself won't really matter much.

    Here's a quote from the guide :-
    The guide has just been updated with TWO NEW processors, the Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 and E6750 processors. This brings the total number of Intel Core 2 processors covered in this performance comparison guide to 9! :wave:

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    Link : Intel Core 2 Performance Comparison Guide Rev. 1.2
     
    Last edited: Feb 2, 2008
  4. Dashken

    Dashken Administrator!

    Intel Core 2 Performance Comparison Guide Rev. 1.3

    We have just updated the guide! :wave:

    Specifications are all well and great, but can you really tell how much faster is one processor from another? Both Intel and AMD are trying to do just that with their model numbering scheme. But with over 30 SKUs, the Intel Core 2 family of processors has become a confusing bunch of numbers.

    We begin a performance comparison project for the Intel Core 2 family of processors where we test and compare the Intel Core 2 processors' performance in five different benchmarks. It will show you exactly where a higher clock speed would be more advantageous and where the number of processing cores is far more important, as well as situations where the processor itself won't really matter much.

    In this revision, we have added both Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 and QX6800 quad-core processors into the mix. Let's check out how they performed.

    Here's a quote from the guide :-
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    Link : Intel Core 2 Performance Comparison Guide Rev. 1.3
     
  5. Dashken

    Dashken Administrator!

    Intel Core 2 Performance Comparison Guide Rev. 2.0

    We have just updated the guide! :wave:

    Specifications are all well and great, but can you really tell how much faster is one processor from another? Both Intel and AMD are trying to do just that with their model numbering scheme. But with over 30 SKUs, the Intel Core 2 family of processors has become a confusing bunch of numbers.

    We begin a performance comparison project for the Intel Core 2 family of processors where we test and compare the Intel Core 2 processors' performance in five different benchmarks. It will show you exactly where a higher clock speed would be more advantageous and where the number of processing cores is far more important, as well as situations where the processor itself won't really matter much.

    In this revision, we have added the Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 quad-core processor into the mix. Let's check out its performance.

    Here's a quote from the guide :-
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    Link : Intel Core 2 Performance Comparison Guide Rev. 2.0
     
  6. Zenphic

    Zenphic Newbie

    Power consumption and temperatures of each processor would be interesting information as well :think:
    Nice guide though! Should come in handy when I upgrade
     
  7. werty316

    werty316 Newbie

    Excellent article and its great you guys are adding others chips to compare.
     
  8. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Thanks! Will be adding more CPUs soon. Hope to get even more for our tests. :beer:
     
  9. Dashken

    Dashken Administrator!

    Specifications are all well and great, but can you really tell how much faster is one processor from another? Both Intel and AMD are trying to do just that with their model numbering scheme. But with over 30 SKUs, the Intel Core 2 family of processors has become a confusing bunch of numbers.

    We begin a performance comparison project for the Intel Core 2 family of processors where we test and compare the Intel Core 2 processors' performance in five different benchmarks. It will show you exactly where a higher clock speed would be more advantageous and where the number of processing cores is far more important, as well as situations where the processor itself won't really matter much.

    Here's a quote from the guide :-
    [​IMG]

    Link : Intel Core 2 Performance Comparison Guide Rev. 2.1
     
  10. Dashken

    Dashken Administrator!

    The guide has just been updated! :wave:

    Specifications are all well and great, but can you really tell how much faster is one processor from another? Both Intel and AMD are trying to do just that with their model numbering scheme. But with over 30 SKUs, the Intel Core 2 family of processors has become a confusing bunch of numbers.

    We begin a performance comparison project for the Intel Core 2 family of processors where we test and compare the Intel Core 2 processors' performance in five different benchmarks. It will show you exactly where a higher clock speed would be more advantageous and where the number of processing cores is far more important, as well as situations where the processor itself won't really matter much.

    Here's a quote from the guide :-
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    Link : Intel Core 2 Performance Comparison Guide Rev. 2.2
     
  11. ChampionLLY

    ChampionLLY News Writer

    L1 cache

    Slight mistake here:

    the Wolfdales' L1 should be 32 KB x 2 instead of 32 KB x 4

    i smell copy-n-paste :dance:
     
  12. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Ah.. Crap. Yeah, it's easier to create a new row in Dreamweaver by copying and pasting a previous row. Will correct it in the next revision. Working on the results now. :thumb:
     
  13. Dashken

    Dashken Administrator!

    Intel Core 2 Performance Comparison Guide Rev. 2.3

    We have just updated the comparison guide! :wave:

    Specifications are all well and great, but can you really tell how much faster is one processor from another? Both Intel and AMD are trying to do just that with their model numbering scheme. But with over 30 SKUs, the Intel Core 2 family of processors has become a confusing bunch of numbers.

    We begin a performance comparison project for the Intel Core 2 family of processors where we test and compare the Intel Core 2 processors' performance in five different benchmarks. It will show you exactly where a higher clock speed would be more advantageous and where the number of processing cores is far more important, as well as situations where the processor itself won't really matter much.

    Here's a quote from the guide :-
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    Link : Intel Core 2 Performance Comparison Guide Rev. 2.3
     
  14. Dashken

    Dashken Administrator!

    Intel Core 2 Performance Comparison Guide Rev. 2.4

    We have just updated the comparison guide! :wave:

    Specifications are all well and great, but can you really tell how much faster is one processor from another? Both Intel and AMD are trying to do just that with their model numbering scheme. But with over 30 SKUs, the Intel Core 2 family of processors has become a confusing bunch of numbers.

    We begin a performance comparison project for the Intel Core 2 family of processors where we test and compare the Intel Core 2 processors' performance in five different benchmarks. It will show you exactly where a higher clock speed would be more advantageous and where the number of processing cores is far more important, as well as situations where the processor itself won't really matter much.

    Here's a quote from the guide :-
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    Link : Intel Core 2 Performance Comparison Guide Rev. 2.4
     
  15. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Intel Core 2 Processors Performance Comparison Rev. 2.5

    We have just updated the comparison guide! :wave:

    Specifications are all well and great, but can you really tell how much faster is one processor from another? Both Intel and AMD are trying to do just that with their model numbering scheme. But with over 30 SKUs, the Intel Core 2 family of processors has become a confusing bunch of numbers.

    We began a performance comparison project for the Intel Core 2 family of processors where we test and compare the Intel Core 2 processors' performance in five different benchmarks. It will show you exactly where a higher clock speed would be more advantageous and where the number of processing cores is far more important, as well as situations where the processor itself won't really matter much.

    Here's a quote from the guide :-
    [​IMG]

    Link : Intel Core 2 Performance Comparison Guide Rev. 2.5
     
    Last edited: Jul 9, 2008
  16. mikegas

    mikegas Newbie

    Just saw your update.. now shopping for processor. The Celeron Duo is rather not impressive. However, the your next range of processor is high end already. Was thinking of getting mid-range (budget minded:rolleyes: ) maybe E2000 series? Getting any comparison to the chart so that at least I know what the performance extra vs the mooola :lol: .
     
  17. Chai

    Chai Administrator Staff Member

    How much is your budget? The lowest end E6000 series are not that expensive.
     
  18. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Unfortunately, no Pentium Dual-Core processors are available yet. Maybe you can buy one and lend it to me for tests! :twisted:

    But Chai's right. Why not opt for the lower-end E6000 series?
     
  19. Mac Daddy

    Mac Daddy Pickin' Da Gitfiddle

    I agree with the lower end E6000 series a happy E6550 owner here :wave:
     
  20. mikegas

    mikegas Newbie

    argh ... third time replying to this post.. previous 2 reply didnt get posted .. something really weird is going on at tis forum...

    I think I would go for E4000 series cos is under RM400. E6550 is bout RM550. I do not need that processing power. E2000 series is under RM300 while Celeron duo is only RM150 ...
     

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