Intel's Ivy Bridge vs. Sandy Bridge Benchmarks Leaked

[kartu]

[citation][nom]ohim[/nom]and yet they compare intel vs amd gamewise when they shouldn`t ... talking about irony ...[/citation]
Cause most of the remaining 99% does NOT care about CPU performance AT ALL?

 

[nao1120]

Just to get that extra 30-40 FPS. WOW!!!! Stop the presses. If you are already getting 60+ at 1900*1200, who cares. I mean..... I guess we better run and by one!!

 

[nhat11]

[citation][nom]makafri[/nom]so basically in cpu power is not a big leap... graphich wise is a little better... but well after all intel hd graphics are still shit...[/citation]

No crap since intel isn't a graphic company? I usually ignore the graphics benchmarks in these situations.

 

[bildo123]

[citation][nom]bavman[/nom]If the price is the same then it'll be nice to purchase for a new build, but I dont think theres a significant increase in performance to justify an upgrade if you have a sandy bridge cpu.[/citation]

Pretty much what I said in another earlier article and got a total of 1 thumbs down; bein' right ain't easy.

 

[robisinho]

wow

what that first graph tells me is .. what a beast the 2600 is.

 

[digiex]

I'll wait for the Celeron variant, with may current income, it is the only variant I can afford.

 

[jonnyrb]

[citation][nom]bavman[/nom]If the price is the same then it'll be nice to purchase for a new build, but I dont think theres a significant increase in performance to justify an upgrade if you have a sandy bridge cpu.[/citation]
I only bought a 2500k to tide me over until ivy bridge These results are just about what I was hoping / expecting. Except that bias/open ended gpu bench mark - clearly a relation to the change in hd 2000 to the hd 4000 - which are still garbage in relation to a decent discrete

 

[bustapr]

[citation][nom]soldier37[/nom]If the difference isnt more than 20% I will just keep my 2600k @ 4.5. Runs everything fine now even BF3 @ 85 fps 2 x gtx 580s 2560 x 1600 res.[/citation]
this guy still bragging about his moms computer?

 

[Guest]

I had to upgrade my old computer so bought mobo that supports ivy and cheap i3-2100, which in itself is a big upgrade to my old box and then waiting for Ivy to maybe get suitably priced i5. I'd assume the difference in performance will be quite significant.

 

[killerb255]

Hopefully Ivy Bridge will lower the price of the Sandy Bridge E platform (love having 8 DIMMs).

 

[pro-gamer]

wow! great review they have powerful hd graphics.

 

[internetlad]

Long story short, if you're reading this you probably care about your PC enough to have a graphics card, which is the only place where IB truly excels, making it a non-upgrade.

Carry on.

 

[Guest]

"Think you need to fix your score again the score should be around ~2228 not 2841 which would put it a bit under average performance of a 6620G on 3Dmarks web site. Which means AMD is still doing better than the HD4000 right now and Ivy Bridge has not even been released yet."

Actually, he got it right. ~3x performance of HD2000 at 3DM Vatage Premium (which is what he quoted). You are just being a fanboy. Stop! It will perform up around 2800-3000 mark. The performance is very nice.

 

[clonazepam]

Hopefully not this: "Well sir, this laptop from this manufacturer, has a chip that has a cpu and a gpu on it, so they're charging you for both, despite the cost savings to produce a device that doesn't need another entire gpu card fastened in with separate cooling."

I haven't bought a laptop since 2005 because, well just because (amd athlong 64 4000+, radeon x600 :: giggles :: ) ... but if the price is right, I shall investigate.

 

[hixbot]

I'd be more interested to see comparisons with turbo disabled, for a true clock-for-clock metric.

 

[Guest]

"Long story short, if you're reading this you probably care about your PC enough to have a graphics card, which is the only place where IB truly excels, making it a non-upgrade.

Carry on."

Let's try this slowly. It improves CPU performance 7 to 25% which means it's an upgrade. It lowers your power requirements some 25% which means it's an upgrade. For those of us who are mobile, you can now have powerful enough graphics in your laptop to ditch your graphics card and STILL get great CPU performance (something not available on Llano). Thus, I lower my cost of my laptop hardware, increase performance, while increasing mobility with a slimmer/lighter form factor and extended battery life. This is the gold standard of CPU for many of us. If you want to carry on, then so be it, but this is where many of us have been pointing to for some time.

 

[Guest]

No point in buying this if you have any modern.

Expected performance increase....yes it was. However, i expected to be disappointed in the performance increase, and i am. So i expected to be disappointed and they provided me with just the right level of disappointment, go intel!

 

[LORD_ORION]

How is everyone disappointed.

Intel said it would be UP TO a 15% improvement clock for clock.... that is what these show.

 

[mt2e]

To be honest I dont see game scores increasing, but I hope they do as it will make it worthy as an ACTUAL upgrade. The reduced power consumption of the parts is a side affect of the technology behind it. This is going to be a huge laptop chip basically because they'll be able to shoehorn actual performance out of this thing in a laptop and get it in the proper power envelope.

 

[ojas]

[citation][nom]hixbot[/nom]I'd be more interested to see comparisons with turbo disabled, for a true clock-for-clock metric.[/citation]
Turbo frequencies are like 0.1 GHz more on ivy bridge CPUs?

 

[clonazepam]

Idle watts from the wall of an i7-2600k at 4.6ghz, 1.33v and the gpus, comes in at 240-250ish watts. Turn on epu settings in the bios, and enable "green" power saving functions, and c1e, and everything, and have the cpu idling at reduced volts and a 1.6ghz clock brings the watt at the wall reading down to 230ish, despite hwmonitor indicating the cpu is using 70-90 watts less. I'm skeptical as to how much difference there will be in "reported" and "actual" power savings. So obviously, power savings won't mean anything in enthusiast rigs anyway, so I love the thought of this chip in a shiny new laptop when couch-surfing, if the price is right

It's early, but I'm getting excited, even though I probably won't pony up the dough for one. I might. I really don't want to post on Tom's with the above rig. It's just gone online, so i'm nervously waiting for the next power bill. I think I calc'd a $25 / mo extra idle charge. A new tri-gate IB laptop at sub$1000 will pay for itself in power savings over time for a heavy Tom's fan / poster / troll like myself.

 

[gm0n3y]

Sounds like a terrific upgrade for laptops. For desktops this would be a decent upgrade if you skipped Sandy Bridge. I was thinking about getting a laptop in the next couple of months but I think I'm going to wait for this. Although, the AMD7000 series is coming out too... where to spend my money?

 

[pent5ht]

dumb move on intel..........enthusiasts have a GPU and that is not appealing

 

[shin0bi272]

this will be a great upgrade for my dad who doesnt really play games but every now and then needs some extra graphical performance that would lead him to have to buy an add in gpu. Since he's a gunsmith and not a pc tech that means he either has to pay someone to install it or I have to drive 13 hours home to do it for him. With this he'd have enough gpu with his onboard graphics to not have to worry.

It would also help my mom if she upgraded her laptop since her current one is so heavy she ends up leaving it on the diningroom table 99% of the time. With this she would have longer battery life and it might be light enough she could actually take it outside somewhere!

But for me it might not be so hot since the only thing I'd be using it for would be my gaming rig and that already has plans for an nvidia 600 or amd 7000 series card to go into it (i7-920). So it wouldnt help me much.

 

[2gstyle]

[citation][nom]caqde[/nom]Think you need to fix your score again the score should be around ~2228 not 2841 which would put it a bit under average performance of a 6620G on 3Dmarks web site. Which means AMD is still doing better than the HD4000 right now and Ivy Bridge has not even been released yet.[/citation]

the HD2500 is the updated HD2000 in sandybridge processors. I stand by my org math but should have put a * stating that the i7 2600's HD2000 graphics is the "HD2500"