L2 cache comparison roundup - E7200 vs E8500 plus QX9770 - lets take a look

[PcCI2iminal]

Dont know if this has been posted, but here is a comparison between the L2 cache .




in some apps llike Cinebench,Wprime,etc the duals will see a performance penalty in comparison to a quad but is interesting to see the quad vs dual in single tasks like Pi,Pifast,etc.
Well, how does cache (3mb vs. 6mb vs. 2x6mb) affect the Core2 performance ?
lets take a look and enjoy

Core2 3.17GHz
E7200 @ 334x9.5 vs E8500 @ 334x9.5 vs QX9770 vs 334x9.5
Team Group DDR3 1600 @ 1333MHz Cas6 6-6-15 (see memset at Aquamark)
Asus P5E3 Premium 0402
9800GTX default clock
Forceware 175.16 high performance with no LOD

Aquamark fps


3D06 3dmarks


3D06 fps







Cinebench




Cpumark


Pifast secs


Everest read MB/s


Everest latency ns


Fritz Chess


Super Pi 1m secs


Winrar KB/s


WPrime 32m secs


WPrime 1024M secs


the screens
E7200


E8500


QX9770

[chinaguy]

Well a E7200 is on my shopping list for my HTPC. Looks like the extra cache doesn't make all that much difference for the extra $ for the E8500!

[belial]

thx so much for this test, been looking for something like this

good to know that games almost don't take advantage from the extra cache

[fng77]

Very interesting. Thank for your effort.

[fiveprime]

Have you run any demo's of games? Whats the real world performance difference like?

[CERO]

Nice comparison , however would had like to see some comparsion in some Games if it was possible

[PcCI2iminal]

thx guys
Crysis ,Call of Juarez DX10 & Company of Heroes will be tested soon

[philbrown23]

this is cool! it shows how much the cache actually does.

[MomijiTMO]

Thanks for the review. I so want a E7200 [or a 7300 by the time I get around to buying it].

[conzymaher]

Great comparison

But, Graphs that don't start at 0 are hard to interpret at a glance, this one for example:



I was like OMG WTF CACHE CAKES, then I realized the graph didnt start at 0

[shine121]

nice comparison,just realize the difference between L2 cache
E8500 just want i need

[down8]

It would be nice if the graphs crossed at 0, so ppl could make a better judgment.

But, awesome information, nonetheless!

-bZj

[MadMan007]

It would be nice if the graphs crossed at 0, so ppl could make a better judgment.

But, awesome information, nonetheless!

-bZj

I agree, it's great to see a user comparison but the graphs skew the perception - 'marketing' vs 'real performance difference.' Scores as a percentage along with the absolute scores would give a more realistic impression.

[STEvil]

Graphs at 0? Why, didnt you learn to read them in school?

If you cared to look at the scale used starting at 0 would make some really really poor graphs, hence why the numbers are included (graphs are just quick visual references to most anyone who knows how to use them anyways).

[conzymaher]

Graphs at 0? Why, didnt you learn to read them in school?

If you cared to look at the scale used starting at 0 would make some really really poor graphs, hence why the numbers are included (graphs are just quick visual references to most anyone who knows how to use them anyways).

I think you'll find graphs started at 0 in school, Graphs for advertising / marketing start elsewhere...

If the graph starts at 0 you can look at the bars or whatever and say "hmmm that one is about 10% faster." What use is a graph as a "visual reference" if it implies that the e8500 is twice as good as the e7200

Also stop being so y, you were incorrect...

[Solarfall]

excellent comparison PcCI2iminal.. i bet that alot of people will find this really helpful.

[WhiteFireDragon]

so the only reason the quad wins in most is because it has double number of cores instead of double the cache right?

[Miwo]

Thank you for the writeup, lots of good info .
If its not too much to ask, do you think you could include some game benchmarks where you show MIN / MAX FPS?

You can buy an E8300 for $30 more than an E7200, I think the extra cache is worth it. You lose the 9.5x multiplyer, but i think 8.5x is fine if you can tweak your board well enough

[systemviper]

I see all these people hawking the E6xxx, E4xxx and E2xxxx chips and they all are
asking for $100, + OR - $20 and i think to myself, i could get a.....

Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 Wolfdale 2.53GHz 3MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor

for $126 delivered..... and it makes me wonder.....
New or Old, Think I take the New....

[Lestat]

dont make your graphs look like ther eis such a HUGE difference in the scores, its really confusing visually. the scores are very minor, make the graphs show the differences are only minor.

[Glow9]

The game benchies still going to come out?

[Leeghoofd]

Found this in a german hardware mag :

[Glow9]

Found this in a german hardware mag :

eh? 2fps difference seems pointless to upgrade, I'm kinda eh about this graph

[Leeghoofd]

eh? 2fps difference seems pointless to upgrade, I'm kinda eh about this graph

It's at only 1.8Ghz sir, if you use the CPU's at 3ghz gaps will be bigger

[BNDMOD]

Very nice info bro..... this afternoo i'll read all this info slowly..... it's very interesting!