Core i7 3770K tested + My analysis

IntelUser2000

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http://news.mydrivers.com/1/211/211710.htm

Compared to my 2600K

Cinebench R11.5
ST: +10%
MT: +10.9%

Fritz Chess
8T: +5.9%
1T: -6.5%

3DMark06: +34%(in line with Intel's estimates of 30% in 3DMark06)

Looks like Ivy Bridge has 7-8% gains in Cinebench per clock, since the 3770K has 100MHz higher Turbo for ST. Something is obviously wrong on Fritz Chess, but its an early platform so that's understandable. I wouldn't fault the score at low Turbo mode as Cinebench ST performs pretty well.

Average IPC I think will be 4-6%, Similar to what Penryn with had over Conroe. Of course I don't include games in my analysis as it varies too widely between setups to be repeatable(plus its dependent on resolution and GPU used), the #1 rule in comparing systems. Total average gain with better Turbo mode would end up being just slightly under 10%.

Intel's results showed 15% gain in Cinebench, that's also entirely possible as some 2600K owners report little less than what my system got. Of course that's almost the best case scenario. Most applications won't behave like Cinebench.
 
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Hulk

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Good IPC gains for what is basically a die shrink with a few CPU improvements and vastly improved GPU (supposedly anyway). I'm going to get one once they are released.
 

Kristijonas

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IntelUser2000 it would be very interesting if you could try some games and let us know how good are the integrated graphics!
 

prtuc2

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The most interesting about the Ivy Bridge article is the guide was able to hit 5GHZ with 1.17V.
 
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the power of the mature 22nm process is evident!!!!
I sure hope I can get my hands on an "owl U12P + Delta 120mm" cooling solution imagine what could happen on my AMD!! Wow!!!

edit: solid readership participation too--
Tourist-- "Casually, and then go up high, safely back."
but not to be outdone another user chimed in--
Tourist-- "Nonsense it ..."
indeed. Nonsense this is.
Finally, a more technically inclined user, also named "Tourist", had something to say--
Tourist-- "Heard of open L2, then heard the open core it? Do you cut open the nuclear plus nuclear wafer into?"
AMD needs to get right on this newclear technology with nuclear wafers that Intel is putting into these 22nm chips.
 
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*Yawn*

Ivy Bridge is the yawntastic die shrink that was expected. I don't know why people are holding off on SNB for this...
 

Hugo Drax

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Not bad. I will be building a Ubuntu workstation with that CPU and use the built in GPU.

Built in GPU is fine for buisness workloads.