A huge review detailing the recently leaked Intel Ivy Bridge Dual Core (EngineeringSample) Processor has been posted over at PCPOP.com. The CPU was benchmarked against the Clarkdale based Core i3 530 and Sandy Bridge Based i3 2100 CPU in various CPU/Gaming Benchmarks at same clock speeds.

Unlike the previously leaked sample which ran at 1.8Ghz (Detailed here), The new sample which is based on a 22nm process runs at a stock core speed of 2.0 - 2.3Ghz at a Vcore ranging from 1.008 - 1.104V. Its a Dual Core chip with 4 Threads and comes with 4MB L3 Cache and Integrated HD Graphics.

The Ivy Bridge/Sandy Bridge Chips were tested on the Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3 Motherboard coupled with 4GB DDR3 Corsair memory (1866mhz) and HD Radeon 6570 Graphics card while the Clarkdale chip (i3 530) was tested on a AsRock H55 Pro Motherboard with 4GB Corsair Ram (1333mhz). Other setup was same and both setups used Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64 OS for benchmarking.

All other CPU's were downclocked to 2.3Ghz for a fair comparison with the Ivy Bridge chip, Results are posted below:

CPU Benchmarks:

PC MARK 7:

Ivy Bridge (ES) @ 2.3Ghz:3366 PC MarksCore i3 2100 @ 2.3Ghz: 3037 PC MarksCore i3 530 @ 2.3Ghz: 2923 PC Marks

Super PI (1M Calculations):

Note - Lower is Better

Ivy Bridge (ES) @ 2.3Ghz:15.91 secCore i3 2100 @ 2.3Ghz:16.71 secCore i3 530 @ 2.3Ghz:18.59 sec

Fritz Chess Benchmark:

Ivy Bridge (ES) @ 2.3Ghz:4528Core i3 2100 @ 2.3Ghz: 4476Core i3 530 @ 2.3Ghz: 4161

SiSoftware Sandra GFlops Test:

Ivy Bridge (ES) @ 2.3Ghz:36.11 GFlopsCore i3 2100 @ 2.3Ghz:35.16 GFlopsCore i3 530 @ 2.3Ghz:26.73 GFlops

CineBench R11.5 (Multi/Single Threaded):

Ivy Bridge (ES) @ 2.3Ghz:2.34/0.98Core i3 2100 @ 2.3Ghz:2.24/0.93Core i3 530 @ 2.3Ghz:1.9/0.75

WinRAR KB/s:

Ivy Bridge (ES) @ 2.3Ghz:1762 KB/sCore i3 2100 @ 2.3Ghz:2544 KB/sCore i3 530 @ 2.3Ghz:1717 KB/s

AID64 CPU Test (GB/s):

Ivy Bridge (ES) @ 2.3Ghz:21.71 GB/sCore i3 2100 @ 2.3Ghz: 21.61 GB/sCore i3 530 @ 2.3Ghz:10.36 GB/s

Gaming Benchmarks:

StarCraft II (1920x1080, High Settings):

Ivy Bridge (ES) @ 2.3Ghz:58.23FPSCore i3 2100 @ 2.3Ghz:59.43FPSCore i3 530 @ 2.3Ghz: 57.56FPS

Call of Duty: Black Ops (1920x1080, 4xAA, High Settings):

Ivy Bridge (ES) @ 2.3Ghz:47.25FPSCore i3 2100 @ 2.3Ghz:46.43FPSCore i3 530 @ 2.3Ghz:44.57FPS

BattlefieldBad Company 2 (1920x1080P, HBAO: ON, 2xAA):

Ivy Bridge (ES) @ 2.3Ghz:35.51FPSCore i3 2100 @ 2.3Ghz:27.72FPSCore i3 530 @ 2.3Ghz:21.93FPS

F1 2010 (1920x1080, High Settings, DX11):

Ivy Bridge (ES) @ 2.3Ghz:45FPSCore i3 2100 @ 2.3Ghz: 45FPSCore i3 530 @ 2.3Ghz:47FPS

Being aEngineeringSample, The tiny Ivy Bridge CPU still packs some good punch to compete against faster Clarkdale and Sandy Bridge CPU's. The final revisions will come with enhanced performance while the 22nm design allows for lower heatdissipationresulting in a cooler chip then the predecessor, Clocks will also be higher than the sample. More benchmarking goodness at source. Few pics below: