Tuesday, October 5, 2010

CPU Comparison

Here is a rough bar chart
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showing the relative performance of some of the CPUs in systems that I have built after the introduction of Core 2 architecture. According to the graph, the E8400 outclasses the other systems by a wide margin. In actual experience there isn't that much of a difference between a E6600 and E8400 because the entire system specs must be taken into account. Also, I am not sure I agree with the graph that the E7200 is better than an E6750. The E6750 has a better instruction set. The E8400 still offers a lot at the $160 level. Lately, I have been testing an E2180 CPU which has very good performance and very good "bang for the buck" ($33 on EBay).

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