Which Chip? Kentsfield or Yorkfield

[rarebear]

Intel® Core?2 Quad Processor Kentsfield 65 nm Q6600 (8M Cache, 2.40 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB)

Intel® Core?2 Quad Processor Yorkfield 45 nm Q8300 (4M Cache, 2.50 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB)

They are both the same price almost at Newegg and I can see the 45nm is a newer chip but is bigger 8M Cache over 4M make the Q6600 the clear choice..


Thanks I am sure you all are tired of answering this question...

 

[cusideabelincoln]

The Q8300, overall, will be ever so slightly faster, but specific performance does depend on the applications in use. As you can see in the following link, the Q6600 and Q8200 (@ 2.33 GHz) trade blows with each other: http://www.anandtech.com/bench...3.44.45.46.47.48.49.50

Here is the rundown:
Adobe Photoshop CS4 using Retouch Artists Speed Test
Q8200 - 23.7 [wins]
Q6600 - 25.6

DivX 8.5.3 with Xmpeg 5.0.3
Q8200 - 57.6
Q6600 - 56.4 [wins]

x264 HD Encode (First Pass)
Q8200 - 53.3
Q6600 - 53.8 [wins]

x264 HD Encode (Second Pass)
Q8200 - 15.4 [wins]
Q6600 - 15.2

Windows Media Encoder 9 x64 Advanced Profile
Q8200 - 40
Q6600 - 40

3dsmax 9 - SPECapc 3dsmax CPU Rendering Test
Q8200 - 9.4
Q6600 - 9.6 [wins]

Cinebench R10 Single Threaded
Q8200 - 2788 [wins]
Q6600 - 2778

Cinebench R10 Multi Threaded
Q8200 - 10047 [wins]
Q6600 - 9681

POV-ray 3.7 Beta 23
Q8200 - 1963
Q6600 - 1996 [wins]

Multi-threaded par2 Archive Recovery
Q8200 - 43.2 [wins]
Q6600 - 47.6

Blender 2.48a
Q8200 - 70.1 [wins]
Q6600 - 77.1

Microsoft Excel 2007
Q8200 - 26.2
Q6600 - 22.1 [wins]

Sony Vegas Pro 8: Blu-ray Disc Creation
Q8200 - 317.6 [wins]
Q6600 - 324.4

Sorenson Squeeze: FLV Creation
Q8200 - 180.2
Q6600 - 179 [wins]

WinRAR - Archive Creation
Q8200 - 147.2
Q6600 - 140.7 [wins]

Fallout 3
Q8200 - 73 [wins]
Q6600 - 67.4

Left 4 Dead
Q8200 - 98.8
Q6600 - 101.8 [wins]

FarCry 2
Q8200 - 50.6 [wins]
Q6600 - 48.7

Crysis Warhead
Q8200 - 68.1
Q6600 - 69.8 [wins]

Now just add a 5% performance increase for the Q8300's 7% increase in clock speed over the Q8200 and you'll get an idea of its performance.

 

[rarebear]

Thanks
I was at Intel trying to figuer out how to use there compare and you posted just what I was looking for

 

[cusideabelincoln]

See my edit

I added a post I made previously on this board. I suppose I could now do some percent calculations just for the fun of it...

 

[edplayer]

if you have a Microcenter near you, the Q9400 would be the best deal in that price range. It goes for $180 at Microcenter

 

[aka1nas]

The Q8xx line does not have VT support if that matters to you.

 

[rarebear]

Thanks Much Guys

I when with a Core 2 Duo E7400 Wolfdale 2.8GHz 3MB L2 for $120

In 6-18 months I'll go for a upgrade and hope for another $120 I can buy a super Quad 4

I just did not see the difference to spend another $60 for a fraction better..


I'm trying to buy parts with best bang for buck...

I appreciat your input.....