Penryn against Conroe

For now, we can only get some information about the power of dual-core Wolfdale.

Although the launch of the new 45nm processor family is even further away, AnandTechn has managed to grab an engineering copy of one of the dual-core models. The 2,33 GHz processor was compared to an E6550 Core 2 Duo also running at this clock.

Test configuration:

• Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 and Intel Wolfdale 2,33 GHz
• Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R
• 2 × 1 GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800 4-4-4-12
• NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
• Seagate 7200.9 300 GB SATA
• Windows Vista Ultimate 32 bit
  • Intel 8.1.1.10.10
  • ForceWare 158.18

Percentage power difference:

Consumption:

 
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Further details (structure, tuning) here readable.