Winstone 2004	Source: Zdnet

Content Creation Winstone 2004 is a system-level, application-based benchmark that measures a PC's overall performance when running top, Windows-based, 32-bit, content creation applications in Windows XP. Business Winstone 2004 runs real applications through a series of scripted activities and uses the time a PC takes to complete these activities to produce its performance scores.

Winstone 2004
Business Winstone 2004:	Points	Ranking
Pentium 4 540 (3.2 GHz 925X 200/533)	24.4
Pentium D 840 (3.2 GHz 955X 200/533)	24.8
Athlon64 4000+ (2.4 GHz NF4 SLI 200/400)	32.2
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (2.4 GHz NF4 SLI 200/400)	31.8
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (3.14 GHz NF4 SLI 262/574)	36.5
Content Creation 2004:	Points	Ranking
Pentium 4 540 (3.2 GHz 925X 200/533)	29.6
Pentium D 840 (3.2 GHz 955X 200/533)	32.6
Athlon64 4000+ (2.4 GHz NF4 SLI 200/400)	39.7
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (2.4 GHz NF4 SLI 200/400)	41.4
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (3.14 GHz NF4 SLI 262/574)	49.6

The Winstone 2004 numbers are a lot closer, and we can see that the dual core design gives those chips a leg up in Content Creation 2004. If you plan to get a dual core processor, it is best to make sure that the software you are using supports SMP.

SiSoft Sandra 2005	Source: Sandra

Sandra is designed to test the theoretical power of a complete system and individual components. The numbers taken though are again, purely theoretical and may not represent real world performance.

The processor numbers from SiSoft Sandra are quite impressive. Bandwidth at stock speeds for the Athlon64 X2 4800+ is slightly lower than with the single core Athlon64 4000+. The overclocked numbers are the highest we have ever seen, amazing!