HotHardware put up an Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Quad-Core Kentsfield Performance Preview

But can we really exploit the available throughput of a quad-core Intel Core 2 processor? Will this new high-end CPU aimed to woo the hearts of the computing enthusiast, with its subtly-sexy "QX" branding, really make good on its perceived benefits in the benchmarks and real-world usage scenarios?Intel allowed us some behind closed doors private time benchmarking systems based on their new Kentsfield Core 2 Extreme QX6700 processor. The following pages are intended to offer you some insight into what a "controlled" benchmarking effort with Kentsfield was able to yield for us in various performance metrics.

Intel Kentsfield Quad-Core Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Performance Preview