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i3 550 4.3ghz vs i7 2600 4.3ghz in games:[/h]
So as promised earlier I have completed series of benchmarks comparing $120 i3 550 to $320 i7 2600K. Both cpu's have been overclocked to 4.33Ghz. This comparison focuses at gaming performance, and might help some of you decide if it's worth upgrading or not, also those who shop for budget gaming cpu may find this review helpful.
Now i3 550 is a Dual-core 32nm 1156 socket budget processor. It represents previous generation CPU family based on Nehalem microarchitecture, though it is still widely available on the market. Specs can be found here
I7 2600K on the other hand is top of the line 1155 socket quad core CPU which is based on most recent Sandy Bridge microarchitecture. Specs can be found here
Test bench
1156 platform:
Motherboard: Msi H55M-ED55
Cpu: i3 550 Oc'ed to 4.33Mhz
1155 platform:
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth P67
Cpu: i7 2600K Oc'ed to 4.33Mhz
Common components:
Graphics: Asus HD6950 unlocked & Oc'ed to 930/1400Mhz (11.10 preview driver)
Ram: 8Gb (2GBx4) Wintec Ampx DDR3 (i3 550 @ 1440; i7 2600K @ 1343)
SSD: 90 Gb OCZ Agility 2
HDD: 1Tb Samsung 7200Rpm
Case: Fractal Desigh Core 3000
Psu: Antec Neo Eco 520w
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
Benchmarks performed:
- Battlefield 3 Beta
- Battlefield Bad Company 2
- Crysis Warhead
- Crysis 2
- Deus Ex Human Revolution
- Mafia 2
- Metro 2033
- 3dMark 11
- Unigine Heaven
I have used fraps to measure Fps during 180 seconds of gameplay.
Results:
Battlefield 3 Beta
Settings:
VSync=off, All Ultra, No AA, M.Blur=50, AF=16x, Ambient Acc=Hbao.
Testing has been done at Operation Metro map Outdoors only.
Battlefield Bad Company 2
Settings:
Everything Maxed, AA=4x, AF=4x, vsync=off
Testing has been done at Atacama Desert map.
Crysis Warhead
Settings:
Everything Enthusiast, AA=off, Vsync=off
Testing has been Done during "Call Me Ishmael" episode
Crysis 2
Settings:
Extreme preset, Vsync=off, DX11 Patch installed
"Second Chance" episode
Deus Ex Human Revolution
Settings:
Everything maxed, AA=MLAA, Vsync=off.
"Tai Yong Medical - Upper city Labs" episode
Mafia 2
Settings: Everything Maxed, Vsync=off
"Old Country" episode
Metro 2033
Settings: Quality=High, Vsync=off, AA=4x, AF=4x, Tesselation=on, Advanced DOF=off. "Prologue" episode
3dmark 11
Unigine Heaven
Synthetic benchmark results can be called predictable, although as you can see they not always reflect real games performance. However some people may find these results interesting.
CPUz Screenshots
i3 550:
i7 2600k:
In the end i'd like to say that both cpu's are amazing and i really enjoyed comparing them even though they are in totally different "weight categories". As you can see for 115 dollars i3 550 is a kick ass cpu and I'd take it any day over any sandy bridge dual core (i3 21xx series) due to inability of latter to overclock. I can conclude that clarkdale processors when pushed over 4.0Ghz are not much of a bottleneck even for high end single GPU's like hd6970.
I also would like to note that ability to overclock differs from chip to chip, however as far as i know when coupled with decent board any clarkdale can reach 4.0ghz. 2600K on the other hand is known as insane overclocker - chips that surpass 5.0ghz are not that rare.
I hope some of you guys found this comparison helpful. Have a nice overclocking.
Fonte -> http://www.overclock.net/t/1134237/review-i3-550-4-3ghz-vs-i7-2600-4-3ghz-in-games
[h=1]i3 540 @ 4,2Ghz w/HTvs i7 920 @4Ghz and 4,2Ghz w/ HT - Gaming Performance[/h]
Introduction:
There have been numerous discussion about how different the i3 and i7 perform in games, and whether the more expensive 1366 CPUs are worth it over the much cheaper i3, if you mainly game on your system. There are always many who will say the quad-core i7 will dominate the dual-core i3 and others who will say the i3 can stand up to the i7. I too wondered this, considering I had moved from a Phenom II to an i5-750 to the i3 and not noticed much difference. So I decided to bench off the 2 CPUs against each other to see how they compare in some of todays games.
Test Systems:
Intel Core i3-540 @ 4.2Ghz w/ HT
Gigabyte H55M-UD2H
Corsair XMS3 4GB @ 1608 8-8-8-20 1T
Radeon HD 6970 (Cata 11.1a)
Western Digital Caviar Black (OS)
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
Intel Core i7-920 @ 4Ghz and 4.2Ghz w/o HT
ASUS P6T WS Professional
Corsair XMS3 4GB @ 1600/1608 8-8-8-20 1T
Radeon HD 6970 (Cata 11.1a)
Western Digital Caviar Black (OS)
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
Games Tested:
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Operation Aurora - FRAPS)
Batman: Arkham Asylum (In-game benchmark tool)
Crysis Warhead (Benchmark tool - Frost)
Dirt 2 (In-game benchmark tool - London)
Far Cry 2 (Benchmark tool - Ranch small)
Grand Theft Auto IV (In-game benchmark tool)
Just Cause 2 (In-game benchmark tool)
Lost Planet 2 (In-game benchmark tool - Test B)
Metro 2033 (Benchmark tool - Frontline)
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II (In-game benchmark tool)
Testing Methodology:
Unlike most reviews, where games are tested at low to medium quality settings to see a (larger) difference in CPU performance, I ran these games at the highest possible settings because as with most other people with similar hardware, they would run the games at the highest (playable) settings they could, so it would be pointless to run on low or medium settings. Click the links for the settings for Lost Planet 2 and GTA IV, as they were not set to maximum because they were unplayable. The settings for Metro 2033 were DX11, V.high quality, AAA and AF 4X with tessellation on and Advanced DoF off. AA was set to highest (where possible) in all other games, aside from the above. All games were run at 1920x1080 resolution. Where FPS is zero, it is because the benchmark tool did not provide minimum fps results.
Results:
Conclusion:
So there you have it. In most cases the i3 outperforms the i7, however it lags behind in Lost Planet 2, GTA IV and Dawn of War 2 - Games which require more CPU power. While there is not a huge difference (in most cases) here, there could be a bottleneck in Multi-GPU setups, where the CPU would need to do more work, so I suspect the i3 would fall further behind the i7 there although I don't have a pair of one graphics card to test so I can't provide those results. Overall though, these results amazed me because I thought the i7 would beat the i3 by a long way in most of these games, however that is not the case.
So if you considering moving from an i3 to an i7 and the main thing you do on your system is game then it may not be worth it to you, or if you are thinking of moving from an older generation of CPUs but are constricted by a budget, then the i3 is great once overclocked. Of course you could always upgrade for "future-proofing", especially now that an i7 setup can be had for a good price. In the end the i7 is still a better buy if you have the money for it but if you don't and are thinking of saving up but need a desperate upgrade, the i3 is something else you can consider for a lot less that will give you comparable performance in most of the games.
Thanks for reading and i appreciate any feedback.
~Razi3l
Fonte -> http://www.overclock.net/t/943540/i3-vs-i7-gaming-performance-updated
i3 550 4.3ghz vs i7 2600 4.3ghz in games:[/h]
So as promised earlier I have completed series of benchmarks comparing $120 i3 550 to $320 i7 2600K. Both cpu's have been overclocked to 4.33Ghz. This comparison focuses at gaming performance, and might help some of you decide if it's worth upgrading or not, also those who shop for budget gaming cpu may find this review helpful.
Now i3 550 is a Dual-core 32nm 1156 socket budget processor. It represents previous generation CPU family based on Nehalem microarchitecture, though it is still widely available on the market. Specs can be found here
I7 2600K on the other hand is top of the line 1155 socket quad core CPU which is based on most recent Sandy Bridge microarchitecture. Specs can be found here
Test bench
1156 platform:
Motherboard: Msi H55M-ED55
Cpu: i3 550 Oc'ed to 4.33Mhz
1155 platform:
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth P67
Cpu: i7 2600K Oc'ed to 4.33Mhz
Common components:
Graphics: Asus HD6950 unlocked & Oc'ed to 930/1400Mhz (11.10 preview driver)
Ram: 8Gb (2GBx4) Wintec Ampx DDR3 (i3 550 @ 1440; i7 2600K @ 1343)
SSD: 90 Gb OCZ Agility 2
HDD: 1Tb Samsung 7200Rpm
Case: Fractal Desigh Core 3000
Psu: Antec Neo Eco 520w
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
Benchmarks performed:
- Battlefield 3 Beta
- Battlefield Bad Company 2
- Crysis Warhead
- Crysis 2
- Deus Ex Human Revolution
- Mafia 2
- Metro 2033
- 3dMark 11
- Unigine Heaven
I have used fraps to measure Fps during 180 seconds of gameplay.
Results:
Battlefield 3 Beta
Settings:
VSync=off, All Ultra, No AA, M.Blur=50, AF=16x, Ambient Acc=Hbao.
Testing has been done at Operation Metro map Outdoors only.
Battlefield Bad Company 2
Settings:
Everything Maxed, AA=4x, AF=4x, vsync=off
Testing has been done at Atacama Desert map.
Crysis Warhead
Settings:
Everything Enthusiast, AA=off, Vsync=off
Testing has been Done during "Call Me Ishmael" episode
Crysis 2
Settings:
Extreme preset, Vsync=off, DX11 Patch installed
"Second Chance" episode
Deus Ex Human Revolution
Settings:
Everything maxed, AA=MLAA, Vsync=off.
"Tai Yong Medical - Upper city Labs" episode
Mafia 2
Settings: Everything Maxed, Vsync=off
"Old Country" episode
Metro 2033
Settings: Quality=High, Vsync=off, AA=4x, AF=4x, Tesselation=on, Advanced DOF=off. "Prologue" episode
3dmark 11
Unigine Heaven
Synthetic benchmark results can be called predictable, although as you can see they not always reflect real games performance. However some people may find these results interesting.
CPUz Screenshots
i3 550:
i7 2600k:
In the end i'd like to say that both cpu's are amazing and i really enjoyed comparing them even though they are in totally different "weight categories". As you can see for 115 dollars i3 550 is a kick ass cpu and I'd take it any day over any sandy bridge dual core (i3 21xx series) due to inability of latter to overclock. I can conclude that clarkdale processors when pushed over 4.0Ghz are not much of a bottleneck even for high end single GPU's like hd6970.
I also would like to note that ability to overclock differs from chip to chip, however as far as i know when coupled with decent board any clarkdale can reach 4.0ghz. 2600K on the other hand is known as insane overclocker - chips that surpass 5.0ghz are not that rare.
I hope some of you guys found this comparison helpful. Have a nice overclocking.
Fonte -> http://www.overclock.net/t/1134237/review-i3-550-4-3ghz-vs-i7-2600-4-3ghz-in-games
[h=1]i3 540 @ 4,2Ghz w/HTvs i7 920 @4Ghz and 4,2Ghz w/ HT - Gaming Performance[/h]
Introduction:
There have been numerous discussion about how different the i3 and i7 perform in games, and whether the more expensive 1366 CPUs are worth it over the much cheaper i3, if you mainly game on your system. There are always many who will say the quad-core i7 will dominate the dual-core i3 and others who will say the i3 can stand up to the i7. I too wondered this, considering I had moved from a Phenom II to an i5-750 to the i3 and not noticed much difference. So I decided to bench off the 2 CPUs against each other to see how they compare in some of todays games.
Test Systems:
Intel Core i3-540 @ 4.2Ghz w/ HT
Gigabyte H55M-UD2H
Corsair XMS3 4GB @ 1608 8-8-8-20 1T
Radeon HD 6970 (Cata 11.1a)
Western Digital Caviar Black (OS)
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
Intel Core i7-920 @ 4Ghz and 4.2Ghz w/o HT
ASUS P6T WS Professional
Corsair XMS3 4GB @ 1600/1608 8-8-8-20 1T
Radeon HD 6970 (Cata 11.1a)
Western Digital Caviar Black (OS)
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
Games Tested:
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Operation Aurora - FRAPS)
Batman: Arkham Asylum (In-game benchmark tool)
Crysis Warhead (Benchmark tool - Frost)
Dirt 2 (In-game benchmark tool - London)
Far Cry 2 (Benchmark tool - Ranch small)
Grand Theft Auto IV (In-game benchmark tool)
Just Cause 2 (In-game benchmark tool)
Lost Planet 2 (In-game benchmark tool - Test B)
Metro 2033 (Benchmark tool - Frontline)
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II (In-game benchmark tool)
Testing Methodology:
Unlike most reviews, where games are tested at low to medium quality settings to see a (larger) difference in CPU performance, I ran these games at the highest possible settings because as with most other people with similar hardware, they would run the games at the highest (playable) settings they could, so it would be pointless to run on low or medium settings. Click the links for the settings for Lost Planet 2 and GTA IV, as they were not set to maximum because they were unplayable. The settings for Metro 2033 were DX11, V.high quality, AAA and AF 4X with tessellation on and Advanced DoF off. AA was set to highest (where possible) in all other games, aside from the above. All games were run at 1920x1080 resolution. Where FPS is zero, it is because the benchmark tool did not provide minimum fps results.
Results:
Conclusion:
So there you have it. In most cases the i3 outperforms the i7, however it lags behind in Lost Planet 2, GTA IV and Dawn of War 2 - Games which require more CPU power. While there is not a huge difference (in most cases) here, there could be a bottleneck in Multi-GPU setups, where the CPU would need to do more work, so I suspect the i3 would fall further behind the i7 there although I don't have a pair of one graphics card to test so I can't provide those results. Overall though, these results amazed me because I thought the i7 would beat the i3 by a long way in most of these games, however that is not the case.
So if you considering moving from an i3 to an i7 and the main thing you do on your system is game then it may not be worth it to you, or if you are thinking of moving from an older generation of CPUs but are constricted by a budget, then the i3 is great once overclocked. Of course you could always upgrade for "future-proofing", especially now that an i7 setup can be had for a good price. In the end the i7 is still a better buy if you have the money for it but if you don't and are thinking of saving up but need a desperate upgrade, the i3 is something else you can consider for a lot less that will give you comparable performance in most of the games.
Thanks for reading and i appreciate any feedback.
~Razi3l
Fonte -> http://www.overclock.net/t/943540/i3-vs-i7-gaming-performance-updated
