Clarkdale vs Wolfdale - battle of the Dual Cores

[Brolloks]

So I started this thread (LINK) to show how the Clarkdale 32nm dual core does on the P55

I will take it a bit further and run a selected group of benchmarks against the Wolfdale who is the 45nm older brother of the -dale family of dual cores.

Over the next week we will see who will reign supreme in CPU benchmarks, 3D benchmarks as well as a few gaming benchmarks

For this excersise on the right corder we will have an Asus P7P55D Evo with an i5-650 and on the opposite corner we will have a Foxconn BlackOps with an E8500.

Both boards will host dual channel DDR3-1600 to rule out RAM speeds.

Hardware :

Clarkdale :

Motherboard - Asus P7P55D EVO

CPU - Intel i5-650 Overclocked to 4.333 Ghz (24 x 180.6)

RAM - 2 x 2 GB G.Skill DDR2-1600 at 1444 Mhz CL7-7-7-18

Wolfdale :

Motheboard - Foxconn BlackOps X48

CPU - Intel E8500 Overclocked to 4.3 Ghz (9.5 x 453 FSB)

RAM - 2 x 2 GB G.Skill DDR2-1600 at 1450 Mhz CL7-7-7-18

Common:

Video Card - Asus HD 4890 at 900/1000

RAM - 2 x 2 GB G.Skill DDR2-1600 at 1453 Mhz CL7-7-7-18

Kingston SNVP325 64 GB SSD

 

[icebob]

Popcorn popping!
Subscribed!

 

[EarthDog]

Cant wait for this...

 

[ghost_recon88]

Are you running the Clarky with HT on or off?

 

[Hey Zeus]

Are you running the Clarky with HT on or off?

Hopefully on

 

[||Console||]

Should be Good cant wait to see .

 

[Hey Zeus]

You bought another I3 Brol?

 

[Brolloks]

Are you running the Clarky with HT on or off?

Both, to see if it has an edge over the Wolfy

 

[ghost_recon88]

Both, to see if it has an edge over the Wolfy

I think I know which to put my money on then

 

[Shiggity]

I hope Intel is looking at this thread.

Where's the natively clocked 4Ghz dualies?! Let turbo boost go up to 5Ghz Intel c'monnnnnn.

Anyways...always a pleasure brolloks.

 

[doz]

Boy I need to see this.

Looking to build a temp rig to get me by (get me off this laptop) for about 6 months, then Ill give it to the wife.

Was thinking about an i3 or a used e8400. If i3 shows good improvement, might go with it.

 

[Hey Zeus]

Clock for Clock i give the edge to the C2D's in Single threaded apps because of it's abundant L2 Cache but in multi-threaded apps the C2D gets its *** kicked because of HT

 

[Gautam]

The QPI link speed is extremely important in deciding the performance of the clarkdale. Try and raise it as high as possible.

 

[Brolloks]

Thanks for that Gautam, will try to get it up there

 

[Brolloks]

A Summary of the two CPU's and the main differences:

 

[ChinStrap]

been waiting for this!

 

[Joeteck]

I would turn off HT, just to see a true test between the two.. . Having the ability to do 4 threads instead of 2 may help in some instances... For a true clock for clock test, I would turn those off, then add them to see if it does in fact make a difference... My money is in the E8500. Cache has always proven to pull ahead of the rest... However, unless the i series is a complete redesign like the P4 (31 stage) vs the Core 2 (13 stage) series, we can safely say the E8500 will take the win...

 

[Brolloks]

I will run tests with and without HT, will be an interesting match for sure...tonight the Clarkdale benchies will be run

 

[PolRoger]

Excellent thread topic... I'm looking forward to your results.

 

[aoch88]

Before the results, my guess is that the Clarksdale should be faster overall (in terms of max. overclock with HT on).