Sandy Bridge Performance Review- Relatively Affordable, Absolutely Fast (For Now, at Least)

3Dmark Vantage

3D Mark Vantage is a popular, DirectX 10-based synthetic benchmark used to measure gaming performance.

• E-Rating

• P-Rating

• (Intel Core i7 2600K, Core i5 2500K, Core i5 2500=Red Bars)+Intel H67
• (Intel Core i7 930, Core i7 875K; Core i5 661; Core i5 655K=Blue Bars)+Intel H55
• (AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE; Phenom II X4 970 BE; Phenom II X6 1100T=Green Bars)+AMD890GX

Power Consumption

Here you can see the Sandy Bridges’ power consumption compared to other processors.

• CPU 100% Full-load

• Idle

• (Intel Core i7 2600K, Core i5 2500K, Core i5 2500=Red Bars)
• (Intel Core i7 930, Core i7 875K; Core i5 661; Core i5 655K=Blue Bars)
• (AMD Phenom II X4 975 BE; Phenom II X4 970 BE; Phenom II X6 1100T=Green Bars)