SiSoft Sandra 2009 - Processor	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. Higher results are best.

SiSoft Sandra 2009 v15.72 - Processor Processor Arithmetic Dhrystone ALU: GIPS Ranking Intel Core i7 920 68.22 Intel Core i5 750 59.78 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 25.8 AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 65.3 AMD Phenom II X6 1090T (TurboCore OFF) 63.4 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 46.7 AMD Phenom II X4 910e 35.46 AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 21 AMD Athlon II X4 635 39.74 AMD Athlon II X4 620 33.72 AMD Athlon II X3 435 29.87 AMD Athlon II X2 240e 19.18 Processor Arithmetic Whetstone iSSE3: Gflops Ranking Intel Core i7 920 60.34 Intel Core i5 750 33.88 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 20.84 AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 62.67 AMD Phenom II X6 1090T (TurboCore OFF) 63.26 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 45 AMD Phenom II X4 910e 34.24 AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 21 AMD Athlon II X4 635 38.44 AMD Athlon II X4 620 34.46 AMD Athlon II X3 435 28.87 AMD Athlon II X2 240e 18.47 Processor Multi-Media Int x8 iSSE3: Mpixels/s Ranking Intel Core i7 920 119.33 Intel Core i5 750 95.56 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 54.17 AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 188 AMD Phenom II X6 1090T (TurboCore OFF) 180.66 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 130 AMD Phenom II X4 910e 102 AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 62.33 AMD Athlon II X4 635 114.87 AMD Athlon II X4 620 98.48 AMD Athlon II X3 435 85.62 AMD Athlon II X2 240e 54.52 Processor Multi-Media Float x4 iSSE2: Mpixels/s Ranking Intel Core i7 920 96.57 Intel Core i5 750 59.4 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 31.27 AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 82.23 AMD Phenom II X6 1090T (TurboCore OFF) 82.26 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 58.5 AMD Phenom II X4 910e 44.62 AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 27.52 AMD Athlon II X4 635 49.8 AMD Athlon II X4 620 44.76 AMD Athlon II X3 435 37.41 AMD Athlon II X2 240e 24.13 Processor Multi-Media Float x2 iSSE2: Mpixels/s Ranking Intel Core i7 920 49.67 Intel Core i5 750 30.29 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 15.8 AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 44.86 AMD Phenom II X6 1090T (TurboCore OFF) 44.74 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 32 AMD Phenom II X4 910e 24.35 AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 15 AMD Athlon II X4 635 27.24 AMD Athlon II X4 620 24.46 AMD Athlon II X3 435 20.47 AMD Athlon II X2 240e 13.14

SiSoft Sandra theoretical testing pits the Core i7 920 against the 6-core AMD Phenom II X6 1090T quite closely, with both processors coming out ahead in specific tests. While the Intel chip is able to use hyperthreading to run eight threads on four cores, these virtualized cores don't provide the same scaling efficiency as the six physical cores of the AMD Phenom II X6 1090T processor.