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 1 CPU (split between cores) Points Ranking Intel Core i7 920 3066 Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3475 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3306 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 2920 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) 2565 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 2570 AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 2843 AMD Athlon II X2 250 2686 x CPU (full load all cores) Points Ranking Intel Core i7 920 12640 Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 6732 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 6339 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 10455 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) 7064 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 7104 AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 5518 AMD Athlon II X2 250 5205

Cinebench again shows the difference between single and multi-threaded performance. The first test has the faster clocked Core 2 Duo E8500 taking the lead, but this 3D ray tracing test can easily be scaled up to the Core i7's eight possible threads thanks to HyperThreading. With it full capabilites unleashed not even the Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition can keep up

Bibble 5.0	Source: Bibble Labs

Lower render times are best.

Bibble 5.0 Batch RAW-to-JPEG Conversion: Sec/Image Ranking Intel Core i7 920 0.261 Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 0.585 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 0.61 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 0.377 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 0.623 AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 0.767 AMD Athlon II X2 250 0.822 Time to Complete 50 Photo's: Seconds Ranking Intel Core i7 920 13 Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 29.2 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 30.5 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 17.9 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 31.2 AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 38.3 AMD Athlon II X2 250 41.1

Bibble is a little glimpse into what the future will look like: a common application like photo-conversion that's been designed for multi-threading. It's a natural fit for the Core i7 920, and it gets an easy win here.