Comparing 10 years of Intel CPU's

[ondooy]

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With almost eight years of separation, it should be unsurprising to find that the newer processor is between 6 and 12 times faster -- some folks might have even expected bigger gains. This is certainly true when looking at the four year gap between the Core i5-760 and Core i5-4690K.

The 4690K is just 32% faster than the 760 in Excel, 25% faster in 7-Zip and just 17% on average when comparing gaming performance. That said, the 4690K enjoys a 60% performance advantage in Illustrator CC, while it's 90% faster when testing with Photoshop CC and 111% faster with HandBrake.

The two year gap between the Sandy Bridge and Haswell architecture shows reasonable gains at times, but for the most part the difference is minimal.

For example, the Core i5-4690K is 20% faster on average when comparing application performance and only 11% faster when comparing the encoding results (keep in mind that it's clocked a mere 6% higher). In gaming tests, virtually nothing separates the two processors.

Another perspective to consider between the Core 2 Duo E6600 and Core i7-4790K is that the 6 - 12x performance gain is delivered while consuming no extra power. On a similarly impressive note, the Pentium G3220 often matched or even beat the Core 2 Quad Q9650 while consuming almost half as much power.

 

[ragnarok95]

Your above charts make my 2600K damn IMBA @ 4Ghz.

 

[Swordsman]

should i wait for skylake before buying a new gaming rig ?

 

[Gattberserk]

Its almost 4 years difference between haswell refresh and SB. What a letdown.


The shrink in performance jump between the first 4 years and later 4 years is so obvious.

 

[Alexz_Hong]

interesting info. thanks for the share.

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Oh AMD Steamroller on par with Intel Nehalem....

 

[MoneyFace =p]

should i wait for skylake before buying a new gaming rig ?

Yes reviews will be up tomorrow..... So why not?

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Its almost 4 years difference between haswell refresh and SB. What a letdown.


The shrink in performance jump between the first 4 years and later 4 years is so obvious.

I have more or less accepted that clock for clock won't have much improvements.

Just hoped we don't get trolled further by the Israelis in terms of power consumption and overclockability.

Just look that how Haswell versus Ivy Bridge.

 

[Gattberserk]

I have more or less accepted that clock for clock won't have much improvements.

Just hoped we don't get trolled further by the Israelis in terms of power consumption and overclockability.

Just look that how Haswell versus Ivy Bridge.

The israelis could have come out with a performance breakthrough but who knows intel clamped it down completely and decided to only use it after cannon lake, or slowly release the new architecture bit by bit. We all knew who to blame for this.

 

[MoneyFace =p]

The israelis could have come out with a performance breakthrough but who knows intel clamped it down completely and decided to only use it after cannon lake, or slowly release the new architecture bit by bit. We all knew who to blame for this.

Probably Kaby Lake is aimed at this purpose. Prepping for war....

 

[LIN_JOEL]

I'm still using E8600 wor

 

[micheloving]

I have more or less accepted that clock for clock won't have much improvements.

Just hoped we don't get trolled further by the Israelis in terms of power consumption and overclockability.

Just look that how Haswell versus Ivy Bridge.

They focusing on mobile cpu ...just look at how powerful atom z3000 series is now compared to 1-2 year ago?


Desktop is more or less abandoned .

Still have to wait like 2-3 years before ddr 4 becomes really affordable , might as well upgrade then.

 

[deepblue_82]

should i wait for skylake before buying a new gaming rig ?

no need la.. u can wait ma.. ur rig is not that old.. still least a i5..
u should upgrade ur ram... ur using 64bit and 4gb ram? at least 6gb or 8 for 64bit..

 

[MoneyFace =p]

They focusing on mobile cpu ...just look at how powerful atom z3000 series is now compared to 1-2 year ago?


Desktop is more or less abandoned .

Still have to wait like 3-4 years before ddr 4 becomes affordable .

Previous gens Atom are simply too cui...

 

[deepblue_82]

Previous gens Atom are simply too cui...

ya the asus "netbook"... hell surf net also got big problem.. ha "netbook"

 

[MoneyFace =p]

should i wait for skylake before buying a new gaming rig ?

Have you overclocked your Nehalem Core i5?

 

[Mockingjay]

10 years performance improve so much

 

[Gattberserk]

Probably Kaby Lake is aimed at this purpose. Prepping for war....

Errr no, AMD Zen has yet to prove itself, and that is absolutely true seeing how they over hype their product again and again.


Its probably a trumph card that may not see the light of the day until AMD proved themselves at the CPU department

 

[Gattberserk]

10 years performance improve so much

I like how you live up to your username with this post.

 

[swathe]

Would upgrading from Sandy to Skylake see much of a difference?