“Intel’s next-generation Nehalem processor lineup is so powerful that it simply destroys previous CPU benchmarks. An early look at the company’s new chips shows they have the potential to drive current data center-class performance onto the desktop,” Brian Sheinberg reports for ChannelWeb.
“The Test Center has reviewed evaluation units of the chip giant’s latest processors and motherboards over the past several weeks. Early results show nearly historic levels of improvement over previous generations of processors,” Sheinberg reports. “Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., made the evaluation units available to reviewers ahead of the platform’s official launch, which is expected to happen later this month. (“Nehalem” is actually the former code-name of the platform, which includes its new Core i7 CPUs and X58 motherboards.)”
“Considered by some to have the most significant new architectural changes since the Pentium Pro, the microarchitecture will include future variants for server and mobile applications,” Sheinberg reports.
“Using our standard benchmarking tool, Primate Labs’ GeekBench2, our Extreme system, with everything still at the default settings, scored an incredibly high 7998. With some modest overclocking – – we didn’t want to overdo it – – the score was pushed higher to 8524, and we have no doubt that if we were even more aggressive, the bar would be elevated even more… This CPU and configuration scored the highest marks the Test Center has ever recorded on Geekbench; the next-highest score, 7429, came from an IBM (NYSE:IBM) eServer BladeCenter system that ran dual Xeons,” Sheinberg reports.
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]
Will this make it into the MacPro update in the new year?
Maybe we can count all the… nah
Maybe we can use this to find… nah
Be afraid.
Be very afraid.
This may be the platform I’ve been waiting for. Finally, I can unleash THE SINGULARITY!
BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
Oh snap. Snap-a-licious. Snap-a-delic.
I’d like to see this in the Mac Pro along with room to plug in multiple SSD’s and NVidia’s latest graphic chips
All your CPUs are belong…
I’d like to see SSD’s not cost and arm and a leg
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Where is my Nehalem 4 cores iMac?
> Will this make it into the MacPro update in the new year?
Hardly matters, anything we buy will soon be obsolete.
Do you realize how many times a voting machine fitted with this chip can recount your vote?
Perhaps they should have waited to put this in the new MB’s? Too bad the timing with xmas forced them into releasing the MB’s last month.
I bet that will make the Mac Pros snappier.
What? Nothing more specific than “early 2009” release? No information regarding which Macs in Apple’s product lines will be fitted with these new CPUs and when these products will be offered for sale?
I suppose that if people are reluctant to repeat or propagate unfounded rumors or unsubstantiated speculation the next best thing to do is to repeat old news.
At last! Now I can finally complete the flux capacitor!
“”Nov 04, 08 – 01:41 pm Comment from: Rattymouse
Mark my words, this chip is going into the Mac Mini””
Will ship first in the Mac Mini…
“”Nov 04, 08 – 01:24 pm Comment from: Hmm…
Perhaps they should have waited to put this in the new MB’s? Too bad the timing with xmas forced them into releasing the MB’s last month.””
These are desktop chips not notebook chips…
As someone looking at replacing the logic board in his Mac Pro for the 2nd time, I sure hope Apple steps up their quality control.
It’s only about 7.7% faster. How does that “smash” the previous chips performance?
I wonder if it will be enough to run Windows 7?
Yeah … put this in the new MP and I may revise my decision about switching my Dual G5 out for a 24″ iMac. My son and his wife can fight over which of them loves the other more and will let him/her use the “big box”. Either way, I get a more powerful system. But, eight cores is a lot of power for only twice the price of two. And the iMac is mostly a laptop disguised as a desktop.
what about the PowerBook G5???
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@Jamie,
I agree, that was one powerful Laptop. I remember my first encounter with the PB G5. What memories, I am just glad I had my time with the old fire creator.
“A complete boot of Vista took only 43 seconds from the time the power button was pressed…”
This with a SSD too! My iMac Core2Duo takes 29 seconds from power button to usefulness (no jumping cursor, ready to launch apps).
Totally snappy
My plans are coming together nicely.
What am I going to do next? The same thing I do every night, try to take over the world!