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Intel Core i7 980X Extreme Edition review - wicked-fast performance

by Tarinder Sandhu on 11 March 2010, 05:00

Tags: Intel Core i7 980X OC, Intel (NASDAQ:INTC)

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Rendering applications

CINEBENCH R10 - 64-bit - multi-CPU
Intel Core i7 975 EEIntel Core i7 980X EEIntel Core i7 920Intel Core i7 930AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE
2011927837162291686214104


CINEBENCH R11.5 - 64-bit - single-CPU
Intel Core i7 975 EEIntel Core i7 980X EEIntel Core i7 920Intel Core i7 930AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE
1.221.190.961.021.01


CINEBENCH R11.5 - 64-bit - multi-CPU
Intel Core i7 975 EEIntel Core i7 980X EEIntel Core i7 920Intel Core i7 930AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE
5.948.834.785.034.01


Pov-ray 3.7.0 beta 35a - 64-bit
Intel Core i7 975 EEIntel Core i7 980X EEIntel Core i7 920Intel Core i7 930AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE
44746621.236583826.473328.16


Put simply, if the application is fully core-aware, then 980X's performance will be 40-50 per cent higher than the fastest desktop chip until today. Labouring a point, that makes sense as cores and caches have risen by 50 per cent.