Intel Sandy Bridge-E's debut, analysis of the architecture and performance of the Core i7 3690X (Part 1)

Today, November 14, we see the debut of the new Intel Sandy Bridge-E based on the new Socket LGA 2011, they replace the previous LGA 1366. The architecture of these CPUs reflects what we saw about a year ago for the CPU LGA 1155, which marked an important milestone in the evolution of processors. Sandy Bridge LGA 1155, although belonging to the mid-range Intel platforms, has in effect meant the disappearance of the LGA 1156 CPU but also of the LGA 1366, going to compete with high-end CPU such as hexa-core i7 980X and 990X for because of excellent performance, both default and overclocked.

Cinebench 10

Older version of Cinebench above, in this test we can see the result on the 'Processor Speed-up':

Again, as in the previous version of Cinebench 11.5, very similar considerations apply.