I have a Dell XPS 720, from 2008, running an Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @2.4Ghz, and a new MacBook Pro running Intel Core i7 M640 @ 2.8Ghz. (The MBP was obviously "boot camped")
I had expected the MBP to outpace the Dell at least on the CPU score, but the WEI for the Dell is 7.1 and for the MBP is 7.0. Is it reasonable that the CPU score hasn't changed over the last 24 months of Quad core improvements by Intel. Perhaps I'm missing something
Perhaps I'm missing something
- WEI is not a tool to check for processor performanceThe question was not a debate of the relative merits of WEI to other benchmarking tools.
- it essentially is. WEI pulls out a number which is useless and has no practical value except for frivolousmy-WEI-is-better-than-yours
debate. If you really want to know theoretically how good the new i7 compares to the older Q6600 - you must use other benchmarking tools. Also - comparing a desktop processor to a laptop one is not a direct apples-to-apples comparison @Ralph