Even though Intel hasn't yet released its Pentium 4 6XX series, nor the Exscream Edition running at 3.73GHz, cheeky French web site X86 Secrets has reviewed them.
We revealed last year that the 6XX series will have a bigger level two cache but the web site is claiming that the processor offers little performance boost. It also claims that EIST - a new version of Speedstep - is a cut down version, and it claims that EM64T, Intel's version of AMD64, is slower on this chip than on one from Advanced Micro Devices.
It claims too that while the 6XX performance is zero to five per cent higher than a 530, the price delta is around 25 per cent.
And, in startling news for Intel, if it turns out to be true, the Pentium 4 3.73GHz EE is slower than the 3.46GHz Pentium 4 EE on "most benchmarks". The site believes that results from a switch from the earlier and faster Northwood core to a slower Prescott core.
These processors haven't yet been officially released, but are expected to surface in February. So the jury is out until we see what the rest of the hardware mob have to say.
But in the meantime, you can find the information here
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