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| | (Post a comment) » Intel benchmarks PenrynToday Intel's disclosing more info on their upcoming 45-nm parts, including performance results for Penryn. At IDF China Intel benchmarked both quad-core and dual-core Penryn processors (codenamed Yorkfield and Wolfdale respectively) against today's Core 2 Extreme QX6800:
| Intel Penryn Performance Results source: Intel | | CPU | Dual-core Penryn @3.33GHz 6MB Cache 1333MHz FSB | Quad-core Penryn @3.33GHz 12MB Cache 1333MHz FSB | Core 2 Extreme QX6800 @2.93GHz 8MB Cache 1066MHz FSB | | 3DMark 06 CPU Score | 3061 | 4957 | 4070 | | 3DMark 06 Overall | 11015 | 11963 | 11123 | | Mainconcept H.264 encoder (seconds) | 119 | 73 | 89 | | Cinebench 9.5 | 1134 | 1935 | 1549 | | Cinebench R10 Beta | 7045 | 13068 | 10416 | | Half-Life 2 Lost Coast Build 2707 | 210 | 210 | 153 | | DivX 6.6 Alpha with VirtualDub 1.7.1 (seconds) | 22 | 18 | 38 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Based on these benchmarks, the biggest improvements were seen in apps like DivX, where SSE4 allowed the Yorkfield CPU to outperform Core 2 Extreme QX6800 by 53%. H.264 video encoding ran 18% faster on Penryn as well. When it comes to gaming, the architectural improvements and clock speed boost allowed the Penryn CPUs to outperform the Core 2 Extreme by 37%, although unfortunately the build of HL2 Intel used for testing didn't take advantage of quad-core processing. 3DMark 06 showed a nice gain for Penryn however.
Keep in mind that these benchmarks come directly from Intel, and haven't been verified by an independent source, but things are certainly looking good for Penryn so far. Expect the first Penryn CPUs to be released at the end of this year. |  Previous news article | Back to main news | Next news article  |
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