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| Intel's Penryn Core Part II First Performance Benchmarks, The Power of SSE4 | |
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(Author: MS, April 18, 2007) |
Summary
In our first article on Penryn we talked about the advances in process technology, including the new transistors, the High-k gate oxide and the re-introduction of metal into the transistor gates. In addition, we had some guesses about die size, target frequency and power consumption of the next generation of Core2 processor, along with the introduction of the SSE4 instruction set. Today Intel released some benchmark results during their workshop at IDF for a side-by side comparison of the Kentsfield Core 2 Quad Extreme Edition and a dual core and quad core version of the Penryn running at an astounding 3.3 GHz
Bona Fide Benchmark Issues
The benchmark presented in the following were provided by Intel and were not obtained as part of our own tests. There is little doubt about the accuracy of the results, in fact, we believe that the numbers may be conservative rather than exaggerated. We will follow up shortly with our own results, however, for the time being, we will show the numbers as they were provided.
Test Configuration
| Test System A | Test System B | Test System C |
| "Penryn" Core 2 Duo (Wolfdale) at 3.3 GHz | "Penryn" Core 2 Quad (Yorkfield) at 3.3 GHz | Core 2 Quad Extreme Edition QX6800 (Kentsfield) at 2.93 GHz |
| BadAxe2 Preproduction Board (Rev 505) | BadAxe2 Production Board (Rev 505) | |
Benchmark Software
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