UPDATE: Haswell i7 Engineering Sample Up Against i7 3770K
The guys at OCLab.ru have managed to get a hold on an engineering sample of a Haswell CPU and ran some benchmarks on it.
The engineering sample of the Haswell chip that the guys over at OCLab.ru had has a base clock speed of just 2.8 GHz, so the i7-3770K was down-clocked to the same level to make for a fair comparison. It is unknown which version the Haswell ES was supposed to represent, but one could assume it was representative of what we would presume to be the i7-4770(K). It could also be a yet unlabelled version though, possibly with or without HyperThreading. Obviously any tests performed may not be representative of the final product, especially considering the CPU was an engineering sample.
The tests from the Haswell engineering sample were run on an unnamed Z87 motherboard.
Further hardware for the test bench included Corsair Dominator 2666 MHz memory running at 1333 MHz, a Corsair AX1200 PSU, and a Corsair Neutron 240 GB SSD. Windows 7 x64 was used as operating system.
| CPU / Test | Super PI 32M (m:s) | Super PI 1M (s) | PiFast (s) | Wprime 32M (s) | Wprime 1024M (m:s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivy Bridge i7-3770K | 11:49.094 | 13.1 | 25.5 | 13.97 | 7:11.8xx |
| Haswell Engineering Sample | 11:27.505 | 14.1 | 24.01 | 12.8x | 7:11.181 |
Anyone looking at these results is likely to be disappointed, especially if you look at the SuperPi 1M test, where the Ivy Bridge chip ran it a full second faster than the Haswell ES. Of course, these numbers mean nothing until we know more about which version of the engineering sample was used.
Don't lose hope just yet though, raw computing power isn't the only update that we'll see coming with Haswell. The new Haswell chips will carry a new iGPU that is supposed to perform 40 percent better than the current Intel Graphics HD4000 and more. 2.8 GHz might not even be close to the base clock speed that we'll be seeing upon release. Leaks indicate that the Haswell i7-4770K will have a base clock speed of 3.5 GHz and a boost clock of 3.9 GHz. The TDP will also be going up from 77 W to 84 W.
The Haswell chips are expected to launch in Q2 2013.
Update: Francois Piednoel (Principal Engineer / Performance Architect at Intel) has tweeted the following:
“if you see some #intel #Haswell numbers online, I doubt their veracity,since they are nowhere close to what I have in my lab, please ignore”here and “#intel #haswell is very healthy in our labs, we don't see any case where it is slower than IvyB. .ru numbers are funky!”here.
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fearless1333 Call me selfish but damn Intel, I don't care if AMD is laughably behind you, and if perhaps a large percentage of computer users use integrated graphics, place more emphasis on improving processing power :(.Reply -
payturr It's not a big deal - they don't have to increase performance cause AMD is so behind, if AMD however caught up, I'm sure Intel would have something up their sleeve, but I wouldn't worry. This performance is still decent, especially since its not gonna be a MASSIVE architectural change like Penryn to Nehalem.Reply -
gilgamex fearless1333Call me selfish but damn Intel, I don't care if AMD is laughably behind you, and if perhaps a large percentage of computer users use integrated graphics, place more emphasis on improving processing power .Reply
AMD isn't laughably behind, Yes the single threaded IPC is lower and gaming sure especially with CPU dependent games like skyrim staring it down. Also power consumption can vary wildly when overclocking and is generally more inefficient than Intel CPU's. Thing is though It is very competitive on multi-tasking chores and can be a great cheap alternative for those running those kinds of work loads. That's where that architecture shines, it was born for that and for such a small company against the goliath that is Intel the fact AMD is in the ring is pretty sweet. Everyone just clammers for the crown holder like a bunch of pre-schoolers when you have to evolve your mindstate on the entire picture rather than isolated reasons. It's a give and take. -
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This is software dev's fault, not AMD's.10431399 said:Call me selfish but damn Intel, I don't care if AMD is laughably behind you, and if perhaps a large percentage of computer users use integrated graphics, place more emphasis on improving processing power :(.
The only incentive you'd want 30% better CPU than the current generation is if you're doing video/3D rendering and that has been the trend for ~5 years now. I own i5 760, which is 3 years old now and there's not a single game on the market that comes even close to being bottlenecked by it. And lastly, the software used by majority of mainstream users (media players, internet browsers, office suites) can be run on today's dual core CPUs used in phones. -
danwat1234 "The new Haswell chips will be built on a smaller manufacturing process". --? Still 22nm as before. Broadwell will be the 14nm shrink.Reply
I don't think we'll see any significant single core performance increases until the Skylake/Skymont era. Right now Intel is concentrating on GPU performance and integrating voltage regulators (Haswell) and the South Bridge (Broadwell) into the CPU package. -
A Bad Day fearless1333Call me selfish but damn Intel, I don't care if AMD is laughably behind you, and if perhaps a large percentage of computer users use integrated graphics, place more emphasis on improving processing power .Reply
Intel's HD 2000-4000 GPUs are no match against AMD's APUs, assuming you don't stick in a single channel 1066 MHz RAM. -
A Bad Day payturrIt's not a big deal - they don't have to increase performance cause AMD is so behind, if AMD however caught up, I'm sure Intel would have something up their sleeve, but I wouldn't worry. This performance is still decent, especially since its not gonna be a MASSIVE architectural change like Penryn to Nehalem.Reply
Intel's main competitor is ARM, and they want to capture the tablet/phone market that ARM dominates in.
And meanwhile, ARM is trying to push into the server market, which is Intel's major money maker. -
neon neophyte 2 generations later and it is no more powerful than sandybridge? it's not conclusive but these benchmarks suggest itReply
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Kamab will there be a selection of high end i5/i7 Haswell chips without an IGP? From an enthusiast standpoint it seems like that part of the chip would be a waste.Reply