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Intel is the first on the market for processors with 6 cores availability of the Core i7-980X. The Gulftown is his pet name, presents itself as the ultimate solution to the constructor with a base frequency to 3.3 GHz, 6 physical cores, 6 cores logic, technology Turbo Boost and a large cache of 12 MB L3All this takes place on a array socket LGA 1366 led to the couple X58/ICH10 (R) and requires no change motherboard, a very good news.

We might think that such a chip, with 1.17 billion transistors, is the source of energy requirement to fulfill its potential, however, Intel announced a TDP of 130 watts equivalent to Core i7 975 Extreme Edition or the simple Core i7 920. It is therefore interesting to know how the processor giant has attacked the problem in order to combine the advantages of performance while guaranteeing the same thermal envelope.

We tortured the Core i7 980X with many applications, viewed its demand for energy in different situations and measuring its performance against several other chips 4 cores of the mark.

A particular issue to see if Intel is working with a sword of Damocles above his head reminding him at every moment that needs powers are certainly very present but not at the expense of consumption out of proportion?

Source: ginjfo