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Probably the hottest question for desktop users is how Ivy Bridge stacks up to Sandy Bridge at the same clock speed.

Luckily we came across some data that indicates that at the same 3.4 GHz clock, Ivy Bridge 22nm tends to work between seven and sixteen percent faster. Intel has compared internally old Sandy Bridge based Core i7 2600 processors with 8MB cache, four cores, eight threads and 3.4GHz and new soon to launch Ivy Bridge based Core i7 3770 clocked at the same 3.4GHz with 8MB cache and four cores and eight treads.