E8400 versus E6850: Wolfdale dissected, Part 2
 

PCGH made another test session with the 45nm dual-core part of Intel: The yet to be announced Wolfdale versus the 65nm older brother Conroe, both at 3 GHz and FSB1333. Crysis single player levels and CPU Score of 3D Mark 06.

http://www.pcgameshardware.de/?menu=...=742471&page=1

around 7% more performance per clock, that is good considering how much AMD struggles to go 1:1 with the current Intel chips


Would it be insane to think about getting "only" a Dualcore 45nm part because it's cheap and has a big multi?