Up Close and Personal with the QX9770 - 12 MB L2 Cache and 3.2 GHz

This is how the BIOS should report the Core 2 Extreme QX9770…

Like its predecessor, the QX9650, the QX9770 will also be equipped with 2 x 6 MB of L2 cache. In general, the processors will share the same core design, although we can’t say at this point whether the new part will also use the current C0 stepping or receive a newer one.

Update: The Core 2 Extreme QX9770 we received from Intel also uses the C0 stepping.

Core 2 Extreme Models Compared

	QX9770	QX9650	QX6850
Code Name	Yorkfield	Yorkfield	Conroe XE
Clock Speed	3.20 GHz	3.00 GHz	3.00 GHz
FSB	400 MHz	333 MHz	333 MHz
Cache	2x 6 MB	2x 6 MB	2x 4 MB
Manufacturing Process	45 nm	45 nm	65 nm
Transistors	820 Mio.	820 Mio.	586 Mio.
DIE Area	214 mm²	214 mm²	286 mm²
TDP	136 Watt	130 Watt	130 Watt

In summary, the big changes from the previous Penryn-based Extreme model are a faster processor speed of 3.20 GHz (+200 MHz), a faster FSB of 400 MHz, and a higher TDP of 136 Watts (+6 Watts).

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  1. 1 – Intel's Next Top Model - QX9770 at 3.2 GHz
  2. 2 – TDP of up to 136 Watts
  3. 3 – X48 Chipset Required
  4. 4 – Up Close and Personal with the QX9770 - 12 MB L2 Cache and 3.2 GHz
  5. 5 – QX9770 is 5 % Faster - Overlocking to 4 GHz
  6. 6 – Models and Pricing
  7. 7 – Test Setup
  8. 8 – Software Configuration
  9. 9 – Benchmarks and Settings
  10. 10 – 3D-Games - UT2004, Prey
  11. 11 – 3D-Games - Quake 4, Warhammer
  12. 12 – 3D-Games - Supreme Commander, Serious Sam 2
  13. 13 – 3D-Rendering - Cinema 4D, 3D-Studio Max
  14. 14 – Applications - AVG, WinRAR
  15. 15 – Applications - Photoshop, PDF
  16. 16 – Applications - Deep Fritz
  17. 17 – Audio Encoding - iTunes, Lame
  18. 18 – Synthetic - Sandra CPU
  19. 19 – Synthetic - Sandra Memory
  20. 20 – Synthetic - Sandra Multimedia
  21. 21 – Synthetic - PC-Mark
  22. 22 – Synthetic - 3DMark
  23. 23 – Video Encoding - Xvid, Pinnacle Studio
  24. 24 – Video Encoding - Premiere, Mainconcept
  25. 25 – Video Encoding - HDTV, DivX
  26. 26 – Video Encoding - CloneDVD
  27. 27 – Cocnlusion: Core 2 QX9770 with 3.2 GHz - Top Performer, but not Before 2008
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