Tom's has a new set of charts up that some forum members here might find rather interesting: http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/x86-core-performance-comparison/benchmarks,128.html.
It provides a number of benchmarks using a single core, with HT/Turbo disabled, for sixteen CPUs, from the Pentium 4 to the 2600K, running at 3GHz. This is not a comparison of actual performance in benchmarks, as we all know that extra cores, turbo, and hyper-threading definitely make a difference at this point. But it gives a great perspective on how single-core performance has changed since 2005, and helps compare various processor classes on a clock-for-clock basis (i.e. various dual-cores, various quad-cores).
This particular chart gives a nice summary: http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/...parison/All-time-based-values-added,2779.html. Overall, SB is the biggest jump (11% in an Intel design since Pentium 4 to Conroe (an amazing 98%). Also, you'll see that AMD's newest CPUs still trail Conroe in single-core performance.
Edited to correct percentage calculations.
It provides a number of benchmarks using a single core, with HT/Turbo disabled, for sixteen CPUs, from the Pentium 4 to the 2600K, running at 3GHz. This is not a comparison of actual performance in benchmarks, as we all know that extra cores, turbo, and hyper-threading definitely make a difference at this point. But it gives a great perspective on how single-core performance has changed since 2005, and helps compare various processor classes on a clock-for-clock basis (i.e. various dual-cores, various quad-cores).
This particular chart gives a nice summary: http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/...parison/All-time-based-values-added,2779.html. Overall, SB is the biggest jump (11% in an Intel design since Pentium 4 to Conroe (an amazing 98%). Also, you'll see that AMD's newest CPUs still trail Conroe in single-core performance.
Edited to correct percentage calculations.
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