fastest cpu ?

External Since: Mar 28, 2007 Posts: 3

hi, any body know what the fastest cpu is ?
thinking uf upgrading from my 2.4 ghz.

thanks,
mark k

External Since: Apr 25, 2004 Posts: 148

mark krawczuk <krawczuk65 RemoveThis @dodo.com.au> wrote:
> hi, any body know what the fastest cpu is ?
> thinking uf upgrading from my 2.4 ghz.

What the fastest PC-compatible CPU is depends on if you're measuring
per-core, or total speed.

In the speed per core, it is a tie between the Core 2 Duo E6850 and the Core
2 Quad Extreme Edition QX6850.

In total speed, the QX6850 is the fastest.

The dual core Xeon 5160 and the Quad Core Xeon 5365 are approximately the
same asn the E6860 and QX6850 respectively, although in practice they work
with a memory controller that requires FB-DIMMs and as a result are a little
slower than the comparable Core 2 Duo/Quad.

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