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.
We performed this conversion test of a 714MB DIVX movie (.Avi), turning it into Media Player format (.Mp4) employing this excellent piece of 'free' software.
In this test, the strength of the Intel's 6-core with the debut of this new CPU is felt without a shadow of doubt. The difference with the other CPU is really high.
