11/29/2007
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale against E6850 Conroe

The new 45nm CPU with new HIGH-K technology reduces gate leakage and heat. Lets compare 45ns E8400 ES VS. 65nm E6850 in benchmarks, video compression, overclocking, and power consumption.

PCmark Vantage Results

E8400 overall PCmark score is 7% faster than E6850.*
We also tested TV and movie and game suite which are not CPU dependent as reference.




PCmark Vantage tests screen shot
E8400 Stock | E8400 4G | E6850 Stock



* PCMark Vantage Overall suite tests include

Suite Tests	o Memories 1 & 2 o TV and Movies 1 & 2 o Gaming 1 & 2 o Music 1 & 2 o Communications 1 & 2 o Productivity 1 & 2
CPU Test	o Data encryption, Data decryption, Data compression, Data decompression o CPU image manipulation (compression/decompression/resize) o Audio transcoding o Video transcoding o Text editing o Web page rendering o Windows Mail o Windows Contacts o CPU game test
Graphics Test	o Video playback o GPU game test
HDD Test	o 6 HDD Tests total o HDD Tests use new 4K block size* o All HDD Tests use RankDisk using Intel¡¦s IPEAK Storage Performance Toolkit o WinTrace is used to record the HDD traces o AnalyzeTrace is used to analyze precisely what the traces are doing o RankDisk: a Futuremark modified version that it is non-destructive and runs in a temporary sandbox file.

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