Multi-threaded goodness
| DivX 6.8.3 + LAME encoding, enhanced multithreading on | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Phenom II X4 940 BE | AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE | Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 | Intel Core i7 920 | AMD Phenom II X4 920 | Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 | Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 | AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE |
| 259.92 | 243 | 247 | 208.7 | 275.64 | 234 | 283 | 230 |
Things are getting interesting. The Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition performs quicker than any of the Intel Core 2 Quads in our test. It isn't light years away from Intel's Core i7, either.
| CINEBENCH R10 64-bit - multi-CPU render | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Phenom II X4 940 BE | AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE | Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 | Intel Core i7 920 | AMD Phenom II X4 920 | Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 | Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 | AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE |
| 12441 | 13392 | 12308 | 15669 | 11848 | 13266 | 10963 | 14276 |
Similar story in CINEBENCH, where only Intel's Core i7 is able to out-perform the souped-up Phenom II 965 Black Edition.
| Pov-ray 3.7.0 beta 25a - 64-bit | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Phenom II X4 940 BE | AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE | Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 | Intel Core i7 920 | AMD Phenom II X4 920 | Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 | Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 | AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE |
| 2331.4 | 2517.08 | 2319.8 | 3401.8 | 2188.37 | 2456.83 | 2054.81 | 2664.77 |
No changes here. AMD's Phenom II 965 Black Edition edges out all of Intel's Core 2 Quads. The Core i7 920, on the other hand, reigns supreme.
