LGA 1156 Core i7s & Core i5s Reviews

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Can't agree. The second diagram (which excludes games tested on high res with 9800GTX) actually shows that i5-750 overal faster then Pii-965.


Hm... I wonder why they used Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha release. Alpha releases usually includes many debug code and has unpredictable performance on different systems.

Well we can go all day long finding errors in testing or test choices. 750 due to its high turbo mode looks faster than 965BE,but without it it's a bit slower.Also with turbo on,750 is a bit faster or on par with 860 i7 too... The difference between i5/965 and top of the line 870 with turbo and smt on is 16 percent in office and multimedia apps... No gaming involved. 16% is decent but nothing to write home about,especially if you consider the difference in price.

Phoronix website is quite professional all around. There is a reason they used that release.They tested the 920 i7 quite a long while ago and were quite pleased with its performance. You can always ask them though .