CINEBENCH 2003	Source: Cinebench

CINEBENCH 2003 is the free benchmarking tool for Windows and Mac OS based on the powerful 3D software CINEMA 4D RX. The tool is set to deliver accurate benchmarks by testing not only a computer's raw processing speed but also all other areas that affect system performance such as OpenGL, multi threading, and multiprocessors.

Cinebench 2003
1 CPU	Points	Ranking
Pentium 4 540 (3.2 GHz 925X 200/533)	303
Pentium D 840 (3.2 GHz 955X 200/533)	287
Pentium D 840 (32 bit Software / 64-bit OS)	284
Pentium D 840 (64 bit Software / 64-bit OS)	348
Athlon64 4000+ (2.4 GHz NF4 SLI 200/400)	338
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (2.4 GHz NF4 SLI 200/400)	343
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (32 Bit Software / 64 Bit OS)	342
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (64 Bit Software / 64 Bit OS)	445
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (3.14 GHz NF4 SLI 262/574)	447
2 CPU	Points	Ranking
Pentium 4 540 (3.2 GHz 925X 200/533)	360
Pentium D 840 (3.2 GHz 955X 200/533)	534
Pentium D 840 (32 bit Software / 64-bit OS)	530
Pentium D 840 (64 bit Software / 64-bit OS)	652
Athlon64 4000+ (2.4 GHz NF4 SLI 200/400)	0
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (2.4 GHz NF4 SLI 200/400)	641
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (32 Bit Software / 64 Bit OS)	643
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (64 Bit Software / 64 Bit OS)	828
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (3.14 GHz NF4 SLI 262/574)	839
C4D Shading	Points	Ranking
Pentium 4 540 (3.2 GHz 925X 200/533)	391
Pentium D 840 (3.2 GHz 955X 200/533)	372
Pentium D 840 (32 bit Software / 64-bit OS)	367
Pentium D 840 (64 bit Software / 64-bit OS)	402
Athlon64 4000+ (2.4 GHz NF4 SLI 200/400)	406
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (2.4 GHz NF4 SLI 200/400)	411
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (32 Bit Software / 64 Bit OS)	412
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (64 Bit Software / 64 Bit OS)	428
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (3.14 GHz NF4 SLI 262/574)	536
OpenGL SW-L	Points	Ranking
Pentium 4 540 (3.2 GHz 925X 200/533)	1567
Pentium D 840 (3.2 GHz 955X 200/533)	1524
Pentium D 840 (32 bit Software / 64-bit OS)	1504
Pentium D 840 (64 bit Software / 64-bit OS)	1519
Athlon64 4000+ (2.4 GHz NF4 SLI 200/400)	1901
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (2.4 GHz NF4 SLI 200/400)	1948
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (32 Bit Software / 64 Bit OS)	1959
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (64 Bit Software / 64 Bit OS)	1764
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (3.14 GHz NF4 SLI 262/574)	2543
OpenGL HW-L	Points	Ranking
Pentium 4 540 (3.2 GHz 925X 200/533)	3319
Pentium D 840 (3.2 GHz 955X 200/533)	3547
Pentium D 840 (32 bit Software / 64-bit OS)	3538
Pentium D 840 (64 bit Software / 64-bit OS)	2998
Athlon64 4000+ (2.4 GHz NF4 SLI 200/400)	3837
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (2.4 GHz NF4 SLI 200/400)	4366
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (32 Bit Software / 64 Bit OS)	4317
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (64 Bit Software / 64 Bit OS)	3586
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (3.14 GHz NF4 SLI 262/574)	5356

Cinebench 2003 can take advantage of dual processors (it is SMP compatible), and here we see some big benefits from the dual core configurations. Performance results almost double with both dual core Intel Pentium D 840 and AMD Athlon64 X2 4800+ holding a huge lead over the single core counterparts. 64-bit videocard hardware rendering seems immature, and that may explain why performance is lower when running the 64-bit version of this test.

Maya Render Test	Source: Maya-Test Center

Because of different displacement algorithms and continuous improvements of the renderer, Maya 3 and its corresponding batch renderer is absolutely required. The Test Scene is fairly processor-intensive and can take anywhere from 2 to 20 minutes to render depending on your system specifications. Rendering produces 1 frame (512x512pixels). Lower times are better.

Maya - RenderTest
1 CPU	Seconds	Ranking
Pentium D 840 (3.2 GHz 955X 200/533)	61
Pentium D 840 (32 bit Software / 64-bit OS)	61
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (2.4 GHz NF4 SLI 200/400)	46
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (32 Bit Software / 64 Bit OS)	46
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (3.14 GHz NF4 SLI 262/574)	34
2 CPU	Seconds	Ranking
Pentium D 840 (3.2 GHz 955X 200/533)	40
Pentium D 840 (32 bit Software / 64-bit OS)	37
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (2.4 GHz NF4 SLI 200/400)	28
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (32 Bit Software / 64 Bit OS)	28
Athlon64 X2 4800+ (3.14 GHz NF4 SLI 262/574)	19

We see some big decreases in time to complete this test with the dual core processors. The Athlon64 X2 4800+ is much faster than its Intel counterpart however.