Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 review

CineBench
(Longer bars indicate better performance)

Rendering Multiple CPUs

Rendering Single CPU

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (1,333MHz DDR3)

1607 

507 

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (1,066MHz DDR2)

1605 

506 

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800 (1,066MHz DDR2)

1554 

493 

CPU-limited Quake 4 (in frames per second)
(Longer bars indicate better performance)

800 x 600, low-quality, no AA/AF

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (1,066MHz DDR2)

156.5 

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (1,333MHz DDR3)

156.4 

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800 (1,066MHz DDR2)

149.1 

Editor's note: Thanks to Asus who provided the motherboards and loaned us the Corsair DDR3 memory for this review's performance tests.

Test bed configurations:

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800 (DDR2 1,066MHz)
Windows Vista Ultimate; Asus P5K Deluxe motherboard with Intel P35 chip set; 2GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer 1,066MHz DDR2 SDRAM; 512MB ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT; 74GB Western Digital 10,000rpm Serial ATA/150 hard drive

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (DDR2 1,066MHz)
Windows Vista Ultimate; Asus P5K Deluxe motherboard with Intel P35 chip set; 2GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer 1,066MHz DDR2 SDRAM; 512MB ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT; 74GB Western Digital 10,000rpm Serial ATA/150 hard drive

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (DDR3 1,333MHz)
Windows Vista Ultimate; Asus P5K3 Deluxe motherboard with Intel P35 chip set; 2GB Corsair XMS3 DHX 1,333MHz DDR3 SDRAM; 512MB ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT; 74GB Western Digital 10,000rpm Serial ATA/150 hard drive