Multi-threaded goodness
| DivX 6.8.3 + LAME encoding, enhanced multithreading on | |||||||
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| AMD Phenom II X4 940 BE | AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE | Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 | Intel Core i7 920 | Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 | Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 | Phenom II X4 810 | AMD Phenom II X4 920 |
| 259.92 | 243 | 247 | 214.9 | 234 | 283 | 295 | 275.64 |
AMD Phenom II X4 940 BE
AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
Intel Core i7 920
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300
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The 3.20GHz X4 955 BE does well against the Core 2 Quads, clocked in at 2.83GHz and 3.0GHz for the Q9550 and Q9650, respectively, and its performance isn't a million miles away from Core i7.
| CINEBENCH R10 64-bit - multi-CPU render | |||||||
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| AMD Phenom II X4 940 BE | AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE | Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 | Intel Core i7 920 | Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 | Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 | Phenom II X4 810 | AMD Phenom II X4 920 |
| 12441 | 13392 | 12308 | 15306 | 13266 | 10963 | 10832 | 11848 |
AMD Phenom II X4 940 BE
AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
Intel Core i7 920
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300
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It has the beating of all bar the Core i7 920 in CINEBENCH, too.
| Pov-ray 3.7.0 beta 25a - 64-bit | |||||||
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| AMD Phenom II X4 940 BE | AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE | Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 | Intel Core i7 920 | Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 | Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 | Phenom II X4 810 | AMD Phenom II X4 920 |
| 2331.4 | 2517.08 | 2319.8 | 3249.4 | 2456.83 | 2054.81 | 2042.82 | 2188.37 |
AMD Phenom II X4 940 BE
AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
Intel Core i7 920
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300
Phenom II X4 810
AMD Phenom II X4 920
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Really, really load up 'em cores and AMD's best continues to eclipse the price-comparable Core 2 Quads. Core i7 remains unbowed. Indeed it's some 29 per cent faster than anything else.
