Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Performance And Overclocking

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Performance Summary: Throughout our entire benchmark suite, the Core 2 Duo E6750 performed on-par or slightly faster than the similarly clocked Core 2 Duo E6700. The E6750's higher-clocked front side bus equated to more memory bandwidth in the synthetic tests, which resulted in performance gains of roughly 1% - 6% in our real-world tests.

 

Other than the chip's performance and overclockablity, there isn't much more we can report in regard to the Core 2 Duo E6750. Intel will be talking about pricing and availability sometime in the not too distant future.  Our performance and overclocking data reveals some interesting information, however.  As we've already mentioned the E6750's higher-clocked front side bus frequency resulted in more memory bandwidth which in turn resulted in somewhat higher performance overall versus the similarly clocked E6700.  More interesting - at least in our opinion - is the E6750's new core revision and stepping, which resulted in massive overclocking headroom.  Overclocking isn't a given of course, but if our sample is any indication of what retail-ready E6750's can do, these chips are going to be quite popular when they are released, as long as pricing is in line with Intel's current offerings.

  • Excellent Overclocker
  • Faster FSB
  • More Memory Bandwith 
  • Marginal Performance Gains
  • Compatible Chipsets Use More Power 

Marco Chiappetta

Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com

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