CINEBENCH, POV-ray, and StaxRip X.264
| CINEBENCH R10 64-bit - multi-CPU render | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7 950 | Intel Core i7 870 | Intel Core i7 920 | AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE | Intel Core i7 975 EE | Intel Core i5 750 | Intel Core i7 860 | Intel Core 2 Q9650 |
| 18729 | 18650 | 16221 | 14025 | 20441 | 14167 | 16239 | 13221 |
Load up 'em cores and the HT-missing Core i5 750 still has enough oomph to beat out Q9650 and AMD's 965 BE.
| Pov-ray 3.7.0 beta 34 - 64-bit | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7 950 | Intel Core i7 870 | Intel Core i7 920 | AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE | Intel Core i7 975 EE | Intel Core i5 750 | Intel Core i7 860 | Intel Core 2 Q9650 |
| 3982.5 | 3949.71 | 3470.13 | 3072.09 | 4300.4 | 2704.23 | 3469.77 | 2725.79 |
And the 860 is comfortably ahead of the duo in POV-ray.
| StaxRip X264 + AAC encoding - pass one | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7 950 | Intel Core i7 870 | Intel Core i7 920 | AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE | Intel Core i7 975 EE | Intel Core i5 750 | Intel Core i7 860 | Intel Core 2 Q9650 |
| 168 | 167.5 | 192.5 | 210 | 150.5 | 211 | 191 | 222 |
A new addition to our benchmarking suite is the StaxRip front-end allied to the X.264 codec. Our testing has shown that it scales really well when presented with greater processing power.
Core i5 750 matches the performance of the 965 BE and Q9650 but a lack of HT shows here.
Core i7 860 continues to impress, benchmarking at the same level as a Core i7 920.
| StaxRip X264 + AAC encoding - pass two | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7 950 | Intel Core i7 870 | Intel Core i7 920 | AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE | Intel Core i7 975 EE | Intel Core i5 750 | Intel Core i7 860 | Intel Core 2 Q9650 |
| 126 | 124 | 144 | 175 | 113 | 176 | 141 | 187 |
Here's the results for the second pass of the benchmark. The times are lower, sure, but the story remains the same.
