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AMD's 3.4GHz Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition processor represents a slight clock speed increase over the previous forerunner, the quad-core 955 Black Edition, and competes with Intel's existing quad-core family of socket 775 CPUs.
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32-Bit CPU Rendering Benchmarks: Cinebench R10, Bibble 5
CINEBENCH is a real-world test suite that assesses your
computer's performance capabilities. CINEBENCH runs several tests on your
computer to measure the performance of the main processor under real world
circumstances. The benchmark application makes use of up to 16 CPUs or CPU cores
to render a photo-reaslistic image. The scene makes use of various CPU-intensive
features such as reflection, ambient occlusion, area lights and procedural
shaders. In the first run, the benchmark only uses one CPU (or CPU core), to
ascertain a reference value. On computers that have multiple CPUs or CPU cores
and on those who simulate multiple CPUs (via HyperThreading or similar
technologies), MAXON CINEBENCH will run a second test using all available CPU
power.
Higher results are best. Cinebench is
multi-threaded.
 Cinebench R10 |
| 1 CPU (split between cores) |
Points |
Ranking |
| Intel Core i7 920 |
3066 |
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| Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 |
3475 |
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| Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 |
3306 |
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 AMD Phenom II X4 965
Black Edition |
3066 |
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| AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition |
2920 |
   |
| AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition
(DDR2) |
2565 |
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| AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition
(DDR3) |
2570 |
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| AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition |
2843 |
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| AMD Athlon II X2 250 |
2686 |
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| x CPU (full load all cores) |
Points |
Ranking |
| Intel Core i7 920 |
12640 |
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| Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 |
6732 |
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| Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 |
6339 |
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| AMD Phenom II X4 965
Black Edition |
10955 |
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| AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition |
10455 |
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| AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition
(DDR2) |
7064 |
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| AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition
(DDR3) |
7104 |
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| AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition |
5518 |
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| AMD Athlon II X2 250 |
5205 |
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Using just a single score, both the AMD Phenom II X4 965
Black Edition and its rival, the Core i7 920 manage to tie in Cinebench. With
all threads loaded up (four for the Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition, eight for
the i7 920), things get more interesting. The Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition
gives the Core i7 920 CPU a serious run for its money, it's about 13% slower in
this test (higher results are better).
Bibble 5 is a multi-threaded photographic workflow
application that can be used to demonstrate the ability to scale work load
across 4, 8, 16 or more processor cores. The basic process we will use for
benchmarking is to convert a batch of 50 RAW image files from a digital SLR
camera from their original RAW format to JPEG's at full resolution, using the
applications default image settings.
Lower results are best.
| Bibble 5.0 |
| Batch RAW-to-JPEG Conversion: |
(sec/Image) |
Ranking |
| Intel Core i7 920 |
0.261 |
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| Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 |
0.585 |
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| Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 |
0.610 |
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| AMD Phenom II X4 965
Black Edition |
0.345 |
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| AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition |
0.377 |
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| AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition
(DDR3) |
0.623 |
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| AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition |
0.767 |
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| AMD Athlon II X2 250 |
0.822 |
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| Time to Complete 50 Photo's: |
(sec) |
Ranking |
| Intel Core i7 920 |
13.0 |
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| Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 |
29.2 |
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| Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 |
30.5 |
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| AMD Phenom II X4 965
Black Edition |
17.2 |
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| AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition |
17.9 |
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| AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition
(DDR3) |
31.2 |
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| AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition |
38.3 |
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| AMD Athlon II X2 250 |
41.1 |
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Bibble5 is a great photo-ediging program for
illustrating the everyday benefits of multi-core processors. With the AMD Phenom
II X4 965 Black Edition in the drivers seat, processing time to convert 50 RAW
files to JPEG format is neatly halved when compared to dual core processors with
similar speeds (like the 3.0GHz Intel E8500). Again, we see an incremental
advantage to the X4 965 BE over the X4 955 BE.
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