Intel deals yet another blow to AMD with their new QX6850 CPU. It is the highest-end offer of the new revamped 1333 MHz FSB Core 2 series.

The QX6850 is the CPU that will hold Intel the performance flag until quad-core Penryn CPUs arrive. It consists of four cores (dual die) clocked at 3.0 GHz, a FSB set to 1333 MHz and 8 MB of L2 cache (4 MB shared per die). The QX6850 will be released by the end of the month (around July 22) and, according to the previews posted today, it will be a natural choice of the PC enthusiast, although it doesn't bring any innovative features to the table. The QX6850 is high-end, it will be expensive and awaiting competition.

We have a quick round-up of the QX6850 articles just below.

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Intel plans to further strengthen its leadership by releasing 1333MHz FSB Kentsfield Quad-Core processors. The new Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 processor will operate at 3.00GHz/1333MHz FSB with 2x4MB L2 cache and 130W TDP. Coupled with the upcoming X38 chipset, Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 will provide the most powerful Core 2 platform up to date. The QX6850 is set to cost US$999 when released. At the same time the QX6800 CPUs will cost US$999 as well.