At present according to listed CPU benchmarks @ Passmark…
Descending Order, Starting With The World’s Fastest CPUs…
Intel XEON X5472 Quad Core - 3.00ghz
PassMark Score: 9,776
Intel XEON E5450 Quad Core - 3.00ghz
PassMark Score: 8,587
Intel XEON X5420 Quad Core - 2.50ghz
PassMark Score: 8,118
Intel XEON X5365 Quad Core - 3.00ghz
PassMark Score: 7,411
Intel XEON X5440 Quad Core - 2.83ghz
PassMark Score: 6,992
Intel XEON X5345 Quad Core - 2.33ghz
PassMark Score: 6,948
Intel XEON X5355 Quad Core - 2.66ghz
PassMark Score: 6,265
AMD OPTERON Quad Core 8213 - 2.6ghz
PassMark Score: 5 ,082
Intel XEON X5355 Quad Core - 2.00ghz
PassMark Score: 5 ,076
Intel CORE 2 DUO X9650 Quad Core - 3.00ghz
PassMark Score: 4,284
Intel XEON X5320 Quad Core - 1.86ghz
PassMark Score: 4,207
So kids, it doesn’t take a genius to see Intel are still dominating the leader board.
Looking forward to seeing some benchmarks for Intel’s new processors:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz (Retail 775)
BX80569Q9550A, 1333MHz FSB, 12MB Cache, new Yorkfield core
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66GHz (Retail 775)
BX80569Q9450A, 1333MHz FSB, 12MB Cache, new Yorkfield core
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 2.5GHz (Retail 775)
BX80580Q9300, 1333MHz FSB, 6MB Cache, new Yorkfield core
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz (Retail 775)
BX80570E8500A, 1333MHz FSB, 6MB Cache, new Wolfdale core
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz (Retail 775)
BX80570E8400A, 1333MHz FSB, 6MB Cache, new Wolfdale core
Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 2.66GHz (Retail 775)
BX80570E8200A, 1333MHz FSB, 6MB Cache, new Wolfdale core
Note the larger L2 Cache size of 12MB, 45nm technology, and 1333mhz FSB Speed.
Intel are also launching 45nm Laptop/Notebook CPUs…
See this review for a comparison of the 45nm Intel Core 2 Duo Extreme x9000 2.8ghz to its already impressive older brother 65nm Core 2 Duo x7900 2.8ghz