Everest, Fritz Chess and Techarp X264 HD BenchmarkEverest Ultimate edition memory bandwidth and latency:
It's becoming quite repetitive ( sorry for that ) but again no clear winner here. You might say okay E8600 wins all these tests but from my own experience 50mb more in ram bandwidth is hardly noticeable in day to day use. If we compare both 4ghz clocks you can see that the extra FSB and lower multiplier does give a nice healthy boost here.
For the extreme performance purists looking at the latency results there's only one option. E8600 all the way here. We see loads of these Everest screens in many forums where there seems to be battle between members to get the lowest latency and highest bandwidth scores. Yet again I'm very sceptical if this can be reflected in daily usage.
Fritz Chess Benchmark :
This benchmark compares a good old P3 1ghz to modern CPU's. It's amassing to see how big the difference in computing power has become in the last years. E8600 snatches the lead, but yet again with a minimal advantage.
Techarp X264 HD Benchmark :
With this encoding test the E8600 edges the E7400 clock for clock. Being repetitive as ever, there's not much to look at. Gains are minimal.