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09-26-2006, 03:35 AM
]Power consumption and performance explored
DailyTech has managed to snag an Intel Kentsfield Core 2 Quadro Q6600 (http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4217) for some in-house testing. The Kentsfield Core 2 Quadro Q6600 is clocked at 2.4 GHz with a 1066 MHz front-side bus. It’s equipped with 8MB of total L2 cache. Unlike Intel’s Conroe Core 2 Duo processors, the cache configuration of the Core 2 Quadro Q6600 is 2x4MB with each set of dual-cores sharing a single 4MB pool of L2 cache. This is because Kentsfield processors are essentially two Conroe dies fused together to form a single processor—similar to how the original Smithfield Pentium D 800 series was.
Strangely the Kentsfield Core 2 Quadro Q6600 did not support Intel’s Enhanced Speedstep Technology. Whether or not this is a result of an early engineering sample is unknown at the moment. The Core 2 Quadro Q6600 does support a C1E Halt state for decreased power consumption. Speaking of power consumption, Intel has done an excellent job optimizing power consumption for its quad-core Kentsfield.
Our power consumption measurements were conducted using a Kill-A-Watt power meter that measures the power draw of the complete system from the wall outlet. The test system consisted of:
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe
Kingston HyperX DDR2-800 2x1GB
ATI Radeon X1900XT 512MB
Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music
Silverstone ST60F 600 watt power supply
Seagate 7200.8 300GB
Windows XP Professional
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The article is damn long so just read it here: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4317
DailyTech has managed to snag an Intel Kentsfield Core 2 Quadro Q6600 (http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4217) for some in-house testing. The Kentsfield Core 2 Quadro Q6600 is clocked at 2.4 GHz with a 1066 MHz front-side bus. It’s equipped with 8MB of total L2 cache. Unlike Intel’s Conroe Core 2 Duo processors, the cache configuration of the Core 2 Quadro Q6600 is 2x4MB with each set of dual-cores sharing a single 4MB pool of L2 cache. This is because Kentsfield processors are essentially two Conroe dies fused together to form a single processor—similar to how the original Smithfield Pentium D 800 series was.
Strangely the Kentsfield Core 2 Quadro Q6600 did not support Intel’s Enhanced Speedstep Technology. Whether or not this is a result of an early engineering sample is unknown at the moment. The Core 2 Quadro Q6600 does support a C1E Halt state for decreased power consumption. Speaking of power consumption, Intel has done an excellent job optimizing power consumption for its quad-core Kentsfield.
Our power consumption measurements were conducted using a Kill-A-Watt power meter that measures the power draw of the complete system from the wall outlet. The test system consisted of:
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe
Kingston HyperX DDR2-800 2x1GB
ATI Radeon X1900XT 512MB
Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music
Silverstone ST60F 600 watt power supply
Seagate 7200.8 300GB
Windows XP Professional
http://img21.imagevenue.com/loc525/th_34368_Clipboard01_122_525lo.jpg
http://img21.imagevenue.com/loc525/th_34368_Clipboard01_122_525lo.jpg
http://img128.imagevenue.com/aAfkjfp01fo1i-25490/loc467/34374_Clipboard03_122_467lo.jpg
http://img17.imagevenue.com/aAfkjfp01fo1i-6999/loc305/34378_Clipboard04_122_305lo.jpg
http://img17.imagevenue.com/aAfkjfp01fo1i-6999/loc466/34382_Clipboard05_122_466lo.jpg
The article is damn long so just read it here: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4317