The benchmarks

Benchmark Systems:

Intel V8 – As noted in previous page
Intel “I4” – Same system, single CPU active

C2D E4300 Stock 1.8GHz
- Intel Core 2 Duo E4300
- GigaByte GA-965P-DS3
- Corsair 2GB XMS6400 DDR2 (800 MHz)

C2D E4300 OC 3.0 GHz (333MHz x9)
- Intel Core 2 Duo E4300
- GigaByte GA-965P-DS3
- Corsair 2GB XMS6400 DDR2 (833 MHz)

SiSoft Sandra

It’s always easy to start off a CPU review with a purely synthetic test. SiSoft Sandra is a perfect option for that. In this purely synthetic, non-memory limited test, the power of the Intel V8 platform is undeniable. Bigger is better, and the Intel Blue leads the way. It’s downright amazing to look at this.

When NVIDIA launched the GeForce 4, they claimed it had more computational power than the entire planet had in 1985. I wonder what could be said about this system...

CineBench 9.5

CineBench is also a well-known multi-core benchmark. Although this is still a synthetic test, it is based upon a real-world test set. The Intel V8 continues to do well with this benchmark. Although the scaling is not completely linear, 3D professionals will still benefit from the added performance of the extra CPU cores. Due to the nature of CineBench, things are almost “embarassingly parallel,” allowing maximum benefit from each CPU core.