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What surprises me most about this comparison is E8400 vs. Core i3. They are near identical in terms of cores and GHz. Hence an indication of the generation gain in performance.
What surprises me most about this comparison is E8400 vs. Core i3. They are near identical in terms of cores and GHz. Hence an indication of the generation gain in performance.
Good news indeed, earlier than I was expecting.Looks like to me . You guys can buy these in retail on the 10th of dec. enjoy.your in for a treat.
Intel will begin sales of its Core i3, Core i5 and Pentium processors based on Clarkdale design on the 10th of December, 2009, to distributors, resellers and retailers, who may then sell central processing units, mainboards based on Intel Q57, Intel H55 and Intel H57 as well as other components to OEMs and other customers. Intels goal is to have systems based on the new chips available for sale by January 7, 2010, a source with knowledge of the matter said.
Apparently so. I'm seeing a 1070 x 610 pixel graphic in bright orange. An image that truly says a thousand words.Are you seeing anything at all? I don't understand what you are saying because all I see is a white image that says "pics.bbzzdd.com unauthorized referrer sorry ". Am I the only one who can't see the supposed chart(s)?
Apparently so. I'm seeing a 1070 x 610 pixel graphic in bright orange. An image that truly says a thousand words. The URL: http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/PlasmaB...26714_gta4.jpg
I was talking about the 32nm CPU die. IIRC wolfdale is what, 107mm^2?
The northbridge die is undoubtedly smaller than a G45 NB die, too.
I only see an unauthorized referrer image:
hmm. Well its using QPI instead of FSB to connect to the CPU, and the GPU itself must be a bit bigger, then. Lots of extra fun transistors doing graphical stuff.Ilkhan, the GMCH in Arrandale/Clarkdale is ~120mm2. G45 is only 98mm2(Intel datasheets: Thermal and Mechanical Guidelines).
"most apps are 4 threaded?" In what decade, the 2020s?Plus Hyperthreading will be a LOT more useful because most apps are 4 threaded.
Not at all. In heavily threaded application quads will outperform an i3 Clarkdale. If you read some of the many test in the i3 vs ... comparison article, the X3 and Quads still have their place. In computations per watt (if theirs such a measurement), i3 smokes all comers.So is the consensus that Core2Quad is now going to become obsolete?
I'm really looking forward to the LV and ULV arrandale chips + discrete graphics card, assuming systems using them with working switchable graphics can come out by early January. Hopefully?!
Since when do a tiny number of synthetic benchmarks MOST apps?Perhaps I should be a little bit more clear here. Most modern apps take advantage of >2 cores.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/cpu-cores-performance,2373.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/multi-core-cpu,2280.html