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Question about the difference between iMac processors (Just Curious)
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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 1231454" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>For raw scores, the Passmark charts are a good place to start. <a href="http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html" target="_blank">Here</a> is the list of high end CPUs.</p><p></p><p>With Sandy Bridge, I think Intel has made the biggest single leap in processing power since the the Pentium 3 to Pentium 4. The jump from P4 to core duo/C2D wasn't even this big. And you surely cannot rely on clock speed alone to give any sort of indication as to how fast a chip is, even for single threaded applications.</p><p></p><p>You'll find that 2.8 i7 at about place 20 with a score of 8,541. The last gen 3.6 i5, is sitting way down the list with a score of 3,584.</p><p></p><p>For researching, check:</p><p>Primate Labs</p><p>barefeats</p><p>Anandtech</p><p>Toms' Hardware</p><p>and a lot of others - those are probably the most widely known</p><p></p><p>Keep in mind that benchmarks are an artificial gauge, and although they do not give you any sense of how much faster any particular task may be, they're generally good for head to head comparisons. Anandtech's (among others) real world tests are much better at providing some sense how much performance difference you might expect to see in certain tasks between machines.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 1231454, member: 24160"] For raw scores, the Passmark charts are a good place to start. [URL="http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html"]Here[/URL] is the list of high end CPUs. With Sandy Bridge, I think Intel has made the biggest single leap in processing power since the the Pentium 3 to Pentium 4. The jump from P4 to core duo/C2D wasn't even this big. And you surely cannot rely on clock speed alone to give any sort of indication as to how fast a chip is, even for single threaded applications. You'll find that 2.8 i7 at about place 20 with a score of 8,541. The last gen 3.6 i5, is sitting way down the list with a score of 3,584. For researching, check: Primate Labs barefeats Anandtech Toms' Hardware and a lot of others - those are probably the most widely known Keep in mind that benchmarks are an artificial gauge, and although they do not give you any sense of how much faster any particular task may be, they're generally good for head to head comparisons. Anandtech's (among others) real world tests are much better at providing some sense how much performance difference you might expect to see in certain tasks between machines. [/QUOTE]
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