POV-Ray 3.7 Beta
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Ray-tracing is a rendering technique that calculates an
image of a scene by simulating the way rays of light travel in the real world.
In the real world, rays of light are emitted from a light source and illuminate
objects. The light reflects off of the objects or passes through transparent
objects. This reflected light hits our eyes or perhaps a camera lens. Because
the vast majority of rays never hit an observer, it would take forever to trace
a scene. Ray-tracing programs like POV-Ray start with their simulated camera and
trace rays backwards out into the scene. The user specifies the location of the
camera, light sources, and objects as well as the surface texture properties of
objects, their interiors (if transparent) and any atmospheric media such as fog,
haze, or fire.
Lower render times are better, however higher Pixel Per
Second rendering values are best. Pov-ray is multi-threaded.
Pov-Ray 3.7 BETA 30 |
Render Time (sec) |
sec |
Ranking |
Intel Core i7 920 |
100.06 |
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Intel Core i5 750 |
100.70 |
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Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 |
192.40 |
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AMD Phenom II X6 1100T |
67.43 |
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AMD Phenom II X6 1090T |
66.86 |
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AMD Phenom II X6 1075T |
71.25 |
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AMD Phenom II X4 975 Black Edition |
88.45 |
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AMD Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition |
90.90 |
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AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition |
93.60 |
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AMD Phenom II X4 910e |
121.45 |
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AMD Phenom II X4 840 |
99.14 |
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AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition |
195.42 |
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AMD Athlon II X4 645 |
102.71 |
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AMD Athlon II X4 635 |
109.50 |
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AMD Athlon II X4 620 |
121.73 |
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AMD Athlon II X3 435 |
144.39 |
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AMD Athlon II X2 240e |
224.06 |
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Render Average (Pixels Per Sec) |
pps |
Ranking |
Intel Core i7 920 |
2619.79 |
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Intel Core i5 750 |
2603.22 |
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Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 |
1362.53 |
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AMD Phenom II X6 1100T |
4049.87 |
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AMD Phenom II X6 1090T |
3920.73 |
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AMD Phenom II X6 1075T |
3679.01 |
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AMD Phenom II X4 975 Black Edition |
2963.69 |
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AMD Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition |
2884.32 |
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AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition |
2800.68 |
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AMD Phenom II X4 910e |
2158.52 |
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AMD Phenom II X4 840 |
2644.33 |
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AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition |
1341.43 |
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AMD Athlon II X4 645 |
2552.27 |
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AMD Athlon II X4 635 |
2394.1 |
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AMD Athlon II X4 620 |
2153.54 |
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AMD Athlon II X3 435 |
1815.48 |
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AMD Athlon II X2 240e |
1169.96 |
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The 3.6GHz quad-core AMD Phenom II X4 975 Black Edition
CPU does very well in POV-Ray with a render time of 88.45 seconds and an average
render rate of 2963 pixels per second.
Six-core Phenom II X6 processors top the chart with the
best results in this multi-threaded benchmark. POV-ray tends to favour AMD
processors, which just goes to show that it's important to know if advantages
exist in the applications you use everyday for one family of processor or the
other. (Sometimes they do.)
Next up, 3DMark 06 and Vantage synthetic gaming
benchmarks.