Cinebench R10	Source: CINEBENCH

CINEBENCH is a real-world test suite that assesses your computer's performace 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 technolgies), MAXON CINEBENCH will run a second test using all available CPU power. Higher results are best. Cinebench is multi-threaded.

Cinebench R10 - Windows Vista 1 CPU Points Ranking Intel Core i7 920 3066 Intel Core i5 750 3033 Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3475 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3306 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 3102 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 2920 AMD Phenom II X4 910e 2394 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition 2570 AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 2932 AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 2843 AMD Athlon II X4 635 2500 AMD Athlon II X4 620 2264 AMD Athlon II X3 435 2509 AMD Athlon II X2 250 2686 AMD Athlon II X2 240e 2524 x CPU Points Ranking Intel Core i7 920 12640 Intel Core i5 750 10655 Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 6732 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 6339 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 11109 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 10455 AMD Phenom II X4 910e 8528 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition 7104 AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 5707 AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 5518 AMD Athlon II X4 635 8791 AMD Athlon II X4 620 8164 AMD Athlon II X3 435 6697 AMD Athlon II X2 250 5205 AMD Athlon II X2 240e 4879

When it comes to rendering performance per dollar, nothing compares to the Athlon II X4 635 CPU with all four of its cores computing. This will a terrific processor for render farms, where the focus is on cost-efficient parallel processing.

Cinebench R10 - Windows 7 1 CPU (split between cores) Points Ranking Intel Core i7 920 3090 Intel Core i5 750 3032 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3309 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 3105 AMD Phenom II X4 910e 2391 AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 2929 AMD Athlon II X4 635 2502 AMD Athlon II X4 620 2262 AMD Athlon II X3 435 2500 AMD Athlon II X2 240e 2524 x CPU (full load all cores) Points Ranking Intel Core i7 920 12803 Intel Core i5 750 10706 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 6356 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 11104 AMD Phenom II X4 910e 8500 AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 5684 AMD Athlon II X4 635 8842 AMD Athlon II X4 620 8179 AMD Athlon II X3 435 6689 AMD Athlon II X2 240e 4907

Improved multi-core support in Windows 7 shows some benefit for the Athlon II X4 635 here.

Bibble 5.0	Source: Bibble Labs

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 - Windows Vista Batch RAW-to-JPEG Conversion: sec/Image Ranking Intel Core i7 920 0.261 Intel Core i5 750 0.327 Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 0.585 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 0.61 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 0.36 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 0.377 AMD Phenom II X4 910e 0.442 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition 0.623 AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 0.714 AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 0.767 AMD Athlon II X4 635 0.449 AMD Athlon II X4 620 0.486 AMD Athlon II X3 435 0.592 AMD Athlon II X2 250 0.822 AMD Athlon II X2 240e 0.82 Time to Complete 50 Photos: sec Ranking Intel Core i7 920 13 Intel Core i5 750 16.4 Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 29.2 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 30.5 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 18 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 17.9 AMD Phenom II X4 910e 22.1 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition 31.2 AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 35.7 AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 38.3 AMD Athlon II X4 635 22.4 AMD Athlon II X4 620 24.3 AMD Athlon II X3 435 29.6 AMD Athlon II X2 250 41.1 AMD Athlon II X2 240e 41

Multi-threaded applications like Bibble 5.0 are another point in the Athlon II X4 635's favor. While Intel's "Nehalem"-based quad core processors and AMD's Phenom II processors are predictably faster, it's still amazing how much performance you can get out of a processor that costs $120!

Bibble 5.0 - Windows 7 Batch RAW-to-JPEG Conversion: (sec/Image) Points Ranking Intel Core i7 920 0.263 Intel Core i5 750 0.37 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 0.616 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 0.343 AMD Phenom II X4 910e 0.433 AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 0.712 AMD Athlon II X4 635 0.435 AMD Athlon II X4 620 0.48 AMD Athlon II X3 435 0.57 AMD Athlon II X2 240e 0.835 Time to Complete 50 Photo's: (sec) Points Ranking Intel Core i7 920 13.2 Intel Core i5 750 18.5 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 30.8 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 17.2 AMD Phenom II X4 910e 21.6 AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 35.6 AMD Athlon II X4 635 21.7 AMD Athlon II X4 620 24 AMD Athlon II X3 435 28.5 AMD Athlon II X2 240e 41.8

Windows 7 shows a small improvement in Bibble image conversion batch test.