Intel proposes new power efficiency focused CPU benchmark

[Guest]

Pat Gelsinger, senior vice president and general manager of Intel's digital enterprise group, formally launched the Xeon 5300 quad-core series as well as the Xeon 5300 series during his keynote at IDF. Gelsinger also mentioned that Intel is working on a new benchmark that will focus on the power efficiency of a processor.

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[sundragon]

Well, considering their processors are like 5-10% faster in benchmarks each generation (Sandy to Ivy to Haswell) they would want a benchmark that highlights their R&D focus to lower power consumption.