How can the P9500 be faster than the P9600, when the P9600 runs at a higher frequency and all other specifications appear to be the same?
Even more confusing... the P8700 scores a higher PassMark than both, yet it has the same clock speed as the P9500 and less L2 cache.
The reason I ask is I'm in the process of buying a new machine, and after seeing the PassMark scores unable to settle on a processor. The P9500 is £75 more than the P9600, yet the notebook company assure me that despite the PassMark benchmarks the P9600 is the superior CPU.
Does the PassMark score miss some aspect of CPU performance? Are Intel really working backwards making their CPUs slower?
Even more confusing... the P8700 scores a higher PassMark than both, yet it has the same clock speed as the P9500 and less L2 cache.
The reason I ask is I'm in the process of buying a new machine, and after seeing the PassMark scores unable to settle on a processor. The P9500 is £75 more than the P9600, yet the notebook company assure me that despite the PassMark benchmarks the P9600 is the superior CPU.
Does the PassMark score miss some aspect of CPU performance? Are Intel really working backwards making their CPUs slower?
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