The Conroe is Intel's future desktop processor. Based on a new architecture including short pipelines like the Pentium M / Core Solo and Core Duo it is in a break with the Pentium 4 NetBurst. Of course, the processor prices are not of very much help to draw conclusions without performance measurements. We noticed however that the 2.67 GHz core frequency, reached from the beginning, is much higher than the 2.16 GHz of the fastest Core Duo.