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 :- Link : Intel Core 2 Performance Comparison Guide
Intel Core 2 Performance Comparison Guide Rev. 1.1 The guide has just been updated! 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 :- Link : Intel Core 2 Performance Comparison Guide Rev. 1.1
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! Link : Intel Core 2 Performance Comparison Guide Rev. 1.2
Intel Core 2 Performance Comparison Guide Rev. 1.3 We have just updated the guide! 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 :- Link : Intel Core 2 Performance Comparison Guide Rev. 1.3
Intel Core 2 Performance Comparison Guide Rev. 2.0 We have just updated the guide! 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 :- Link : Intel Core 2 Performance Comparison Guide Rev. 2.0
Power consumption and temperatures of each processor would be interesting information as well Nice guide though! Should come in handy when I upgrade
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 :- Link : Intel Core 2 Performance Comparison Guide Rev. 2.1
The guide has just been updated! 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 :- Link : Intel Core 2 Performance Comparison Guide Rev. 2.2
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
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.
Intel Core 2 Performance Comparison Guide Rev. 2.3 We have just updated the comparison guide! 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 :- Link : Intel Core 2 Performance Comparison Guide Rev. 2.3
Intel Core 2 Performance Comparison Guide Rev. 2.4 We have just updated the comparison guide! 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 :- Link : Intel Core 2 Performance Comparison Guide Rev. 2.4
Intel Core 2 Processors Performance Comparison Rev. 2.5 We have just updated the comparison guide! 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 :- Link : Intel Core 2 Performance Comparison Guide Rev. 2.5
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 ) maybe E2000 series? Getting any comparison to the chart so that at least I know what the performance extra vs the mooola .
Unfortunately, no Pentium Dual-Core processors are available yet. Maybe you can buy one and lend it to me for tests! But Chai's right. Why not opt for the lower-end E6000 series?
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 ...