Intel 3.46GHz EE CPU Review

The benchmarks between a 3.4GHz Pentium4 and a 3.46GHz Pentium4 show a reasonable jump in performance- partly because of the FSB speed bump but mainly because of the additional L3 cache found in the Extreme Edition. And while this CPU posted pretty reasonable scores in almost all tests, you have to realize that we’ve compared it to the Athlon64 4000+ which is not AMD’s current top-of-the-line CPU. Compared to the FX55 which is AMD’s fastest, the 3.46GHz EE will probably fade further especially since both of these products are priced at similar levels- around the US$1000/- mark (ouch.) Its because of the very high pricing of this CPU that the performance starts to pale- the Athlon64 4000+ can be bought for about US$300 less while the Athlon64 3500+ and Pentium4 3.4GHz can bought for under US$300.

Intel 3.46GHz EE CPU Review
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