Core 2 2.4 Ghz Benched Against FX-62 2.8 Ghz

[HopJokey]

Folks,

Firingsquad just posted some quick benchmarks with a E6600 Conroe (2.4 Ghz 4 Mb Cache) and a FX-62. They claim the benchies are totally independent (from Intel). It is really short, as it only includes a few Quake 4 tests and some 3dmark/Soft Sandra stuff. The results are in line with most peoples expectations (based on various previews done before). Here is the link:

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/intel_core_conroe_benchmarks/

More to come they say.

-HopJokey

 

[the cobbler]

Conroe = holy SSE!!!

AM2 = holy bandwidth!!!


maybe I'll grab an E6600 just to run benchies and keep the AMD gaming rig intact

also the Dhrystone/Whetstone Conroe numbers are absurd, lol

 

[Amplifier]

FX-62 held up better than I thought...

 

[HopJokey]

Originally posted by: Amplifier
FX-62 held up better than I thought...

Remember this is a 2.4 Ghz (~$316) part vs a 2.8 Ghz part (~$1000). If you look at the 800x600 Q4 bench, the Conroe has about a 9.85% advantage (123.6/112.5 * 100%). Clock for clock, it looks like the Conroe performs as what Anand's preview showed in March from the Q4 bench. The other benches show each of the CPU's architectural strengths (i.e. FX-62 with it's Integrated Memory Controller is a monster at Mem. bandwidth; Conroe with it's SSE improvements is an SSE monster).

Bottom line is that a complete comparsion is needed with a full suite of all types of benchmarks and speed grade of chips is needed before a conclusion can be made. Stay tuned...

 

[Regs]

Man, Intel's floating point speed is amazing. Almost makes AMD look likes it not in the graph. I thought the conroe would be pushing at least 15% more in Quake, but Quake 4 is Quake 4. I would like to see the difference in HL2 since every benchmark I've seen with the conroe showed it destroying AMD.

 

[mamisano]

Unsupervised does not mean independant. These are all Intel supplied systems that are being tested here, with OSes, etc installed by Intel.

I will wait until I see an IN-HOUSE comparrison from a reputible site before I pass judgement.

Intel marketing at work once again...

 

[imported_Questar]

Originally posted by: mamisano
Unsupervised does not mean independant. These are all Intel supplied systems that are being tested here, with OSes, etc installed by Intel.

I will wait until I see an IN-HOUSE comparrison from a reputible site before I pass judgement.

Intel marketing at work once again...

Since you copy and past the exact same comment into every Conroe thread, how about you educate us.

Why would Intel attempt to fudge the numbers? And, what could they do to the Conroe system that would make it misrepresent it's performace?

 

[SexyK]

Originally posted by: Questar

Originally posted by: mamisano
Unsupervised does not mean independant. These are all Intel supplied systems that are being tested here, with OSes, etc installed by Intel.

I will wait until I see an IN-HOUSE comparrison from a reputible site before I pass judgement.

Intel marketing at work once again...

Since you copy and past the exact same comment into every Conroe thread, how about you educate us.

Why would Intel attempt to fudge the numbers? And, what could they do to the Conroe system that would make it misrepresent it's performace?

Lol, exactly, why in gods name would they have "previews" show domination through some miracle "tweaks" then have it fall flat on retail release...makes no sense. Just typical comments from those who can't deal with Intel taking the lead...

 

[HopJokey]

Originally posted by: Questar

Originally posted by: mamisano
Unsupervised does not mean independant. These are all Intel supplied systems that are being tested here, with OSes, etc installed by Intel.

I will wait until I see an IN-HOUSE comparrison from a reputible site before I pass judgement.

Intel marketing at work once again...

Since you copy and past the exact same comment into every Conroe thread, how about you educate us.

Why would Intel attempt to fudge the numbers? And, what could they do to the Conroe system that would make it misrepresent it's performace?

For what it is worth, this is what the author of the article wrote in his lead in:

Originally written by: Brandon Bell
You know those Intel Core benchmarks floating around the internet, posted by sites that benchmarked systems prepared by Intel, supervised by Intel? Yeah, we didn't do that. Instead, we bring you independent results from Computex.

Here is the link to his "lead in" for the article I linked earlier:
http://www.firingsquad.com/news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=10569

 

[compgeek89]

I think Intel is actually hurting themselves in these benchmarks. Reportedly unoptimized system hardware configurations, I think the benchmarks will only get better, not worse.

 

[the Chase]

Originally posted by: HopJokey

Originally posted by: Questar

Originally posted by: mamisano
Unsupervised does not mean independant. These are all Intel supplied systems that are being tested here, with OSes, etc installed by Intel.

I will wait until I see an IN-HOUSE comparrison from a reputible site before I pass judgement.

Intel marketing at work once again...

Since you copy and past the exact same comment into every Conroe thread, how about you educate us.

Why would Intel attempt to fudge the numbers? And, what could they do to the Conroe system that would make it misrepresent it's performace?

For what it is worth, this is what the author of the article wrote in his lead in:

Originally written by: Brandon Bell
You know those Intel Core benchmarks floating around the internet, posted by sites that benchmarked systems prepared by Intel, supervised by Intel? Yeah, we didn't do that. Instead, we bring you independent results from Computex.

Here is the link to his "lead in" for the article I linked earlier:
http://www.firingsquad.com/news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=10569

So firingsquad took their Conroe system that they set up themselves to Computex and ran benchmarks there??

Edit- I really like Firingsquad's video benchies and no I don't think they or Intel are "optimising" these tests for Conroe.If anything they are giving the AMD systems an unfair advantage usually. Conroe is looking awesome but we STILL have not seen any independent and in-house testing between like systems.

 

[HopJokey]

Originally posted by: the Chase

Originally posted by: HopJokey

Originally posted by: Questar

Originally posted by: mamisano
Unsupervised does not mean independant. These are all Intel supplied systems that are being tested here, with OSes, etc installed by Intel.

I will wait until I see an IN-HOUSE comparrison from a reputible site before I pass judgement.

Intel marketing at work once again...

Since you copy and past the exact same comment into every Conroe thread, how about you educate us.

Why would Intel attempt to fudge the numbers? And, what could they do to the Conroe system that would make it misrepresent it's performace?

For what it is worth, this is what the author of the article wrote in his lead in:

Originally written by: Brandon Bell
You know those Intel Core benchmarks floating around the internet, posted by sites that benchmarked systems prepared by Intel, supervised by Intel? Yeah, we didn't do that. Instead, we bring you independent results from Computex.

Here is the link to his "lead in" for the article I linked earlier:
http://www.firingsquad.com/news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=10569

So firingsquad took their Conroe system that they set up themselves to Computex and ran benchmarks there??

Edit- I really like Firingsquad's video benchies and no I don't think they or Intel are "optimising" these tests for Conroe.If anything they are giving the AMD systems an unfair advantage usually. Conroe is looking awesome but we STILL have not seen any independent and in-house testing between like systems.

Yea I don't what that statement by the author I quoted really means. It might mean that he was able to get hooked up by one of the mobo companies with an Intel and AMD system side by side that he could test. Who knows.

I was hoping that with NDA being lifted this week, the floodgate of Conroe benchmarks from the press would be open. Maybe later this week or next we will see much more.