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Core i7 Exteme

Intel Core i7 975 Extreme

Nice - but the cheaper, updated i7 920 is nicer

By Leo Waldock, 11th June 2009
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POV-Ray Rendering

Core i7 Exteme - POV-Ray

Rendering time in Seconds (s)
Shorter bars are better

Cinebench 10 Rendering

Core i7 Exteme - Cinebench 10

Longer bars are better

Core i7 Exteme - Cinebench 10

SiSoft Sandra Results
Memory Bandwidth

Core i7 Exteme - SiSoft Sandra

Bandwidth in Gigabytes per Second (GB/s)
Longer bars are better

Core i7 Exteme - SiSoft Sandra

Memory Latency

Core i7 Exteme - SiSoft Sandra

Memory latency in Nanoseconds (ns)
Shorter bars are better

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