Yorkfield Q9450 vs Kentsfield Q6600 at 3.6Ghz

[mascaras]

First some bad news .....

Seems the FSBwall it pretty low on these ES chips - 478MHz

CPU FSB wall or motherboard FSB Limit???


btw: nice tests Q9450 vs Q6600

i thought the difference in 3dmark 2006 CPU score between both CPUs would be more than 240 marks .....

its seems only in superpi the Q9450 its way better ( cache) , also in Power consumption and Low voltage , but for me thats secundary



Temps difference :

Q6600 @ 3600Mhz@ 1.40v = 60º
Q9450 @ 3600Mhz@ 1.34v = 50º


i can bench 3dmark 2006 with my Q6600 @ 4Ghz and Prime stable @ 3.8ghz with ~1.48v (all Aircooled) also Q6600 have multi x9 , so in my case i think beside Power comsumption and Low voltages its not worth changing !



regards