Up Close And Personal With The QX9770
This is how the BIOS should report the Core 2 Extreme QX9770...
Like its predecessor, the QX9650, the QX9770 will also be equipped with 2 x 6 MB of L2 cache. In general, the processors will share the same core design, although we can't say at this point whether the new part will also use the current C0 stepping or receive a newer one.
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| Row 0 - Cell 0 | QX9770 | QX9650 | QX6850 |
| Codename | Yorkfield | Yorkfield | Conroe XE |
| Taktrate | 3,20 GHz | 3,00 GHz | 3,00 GHz |
| FSB | 400 MHz | 333 MHz | 333 MHz |
| Cache | 2x 6 MB | 2x 6 MB | 2x 4 MB |
| Prozess | 45 nm | 45 nm | 65 nm |
| Transistoren | 820 Mio. | 820 Mio. | 586 Mio. |
| DIE-Fläche | 214 mm² | 214 mm² | 286 mm² |
| TDP | 136 Watt | 130 Watt | 130 Watt |
In summary, the big changes from the previous Penryn-based Extreme model are a faster processor speed of 3.20 GHz (+200 MHz), a faster FSB of 400 MHz, and a higher TDP of 136 Watts (+6 Watts).
