Performance Charts Processors
Our new 2012 CPU charts include 86 of the latest AMD and Intel processors. Our lineup includes AMD socket AM3 and FM1 CPUs as well as Intel LGA 2011, 1366, 1155 and 1156 sockets. There are AMD FX, A8, A6, Phenom II and Athlon II processors with 6,...
All CPU Charts 2012
- [01] Cinebench 11.5
- [02] Cinebench 11.5
- [03] Blender Helicopter-2.6.1 1280x720
- [04] 3DMark11
- [05] 3DMark11
- [06] 3DMark11
- [07] PCMark 7
- [08] PCMark 7
- [09] PCMark 7
- [10] PCMark 7
- [11] PCMark 7
- [12] PCMark 7
- [14] SiSoftware Sandra 2012 SP4c Pro Dhrystone GIPS
- [15] SiSoftware Sandra 2012 SP4c Pro
- [16] SiSoftware Sandra 2012 SP4c Pro
- [17] SiSoftware Sandra 2012 SP4c Pro
- [18] SiSoftware Sandra 2012 SP4c Pro
- [19] SiSoftware Sandra 2012 SP4c Pro
- [20] Crysis II Low settings
- [21] Mafia II Low Quality settings
- [22] Fritz multi-threaded
- [23] 7-Zip 0.91 Beta LZMA2 Medium Compression
- [24] WinRAR 3.98 x64 Medium compression
- [25] WinZIP 16.5 Compression: Best Method
- [26] 3DS Max 2012 Space Flyby Mentalray
- [27] Lame 3.98.3 160 Kbit/s
- [28] iTunes wav to aac
- [29] Adobe Acrobat X Professional
- [30] Abbyy Finereader 111 Pages
- [31] Handbrake (High Profile)
- [32] TotalCode Studio v2.5 FullHD Video
- [33] Adobe Photoshop CS 6 Applying 6 filters to a 69 MB TIF image
- [34] Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 Video runtime 2min 21s
- [35] Adobe After Effects CS6 210 Frames
- [36] Total Time time in seconds
- [37] System Idle Power Power Requirement [Watts]
- [38] System Peak Power Power Requirement [Watts]
Our CPU core performance charts compares various different processor architectures at a normalized clock speed of 3.0 GHz and only using a single processing core per CPU. This allows a direct comparison between different processor models that are ...
All X86 Core Performance Comparison
- 3DMark11 Single core operation @ 3 GHz
- 3DMark11 Single core operation @ 3 GHz
- 3DMark11 Single core operation @ 3 GHz
- 3DS Max 2010 Single core operation @ 3 GHz
- 7-Zip 0.92 Single core operation @ 3 GHz
- Abbyy FineReader
- Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional Single core operation @ 3 GHz
- Adobe After Effects CS5
- Adobe Photoshop CS 5 Single core operation @ 3 GHz
- Adobe Premiere Pro CS5
- All time based values added Single core operation @ 3 GHz
- Blender
- Cinebench 11.5 Single core operation @ 3 GHz
- Fritz Single core operation @ 3 GHz
- Handbrake Single core operation @ 3 GHz
- iTunes 9.0.3.15 Single core operation @ 3 GHz
- Lame 3.98.3 Single core operation @ 3 GHz
- MainConcept Reference v2.0 Single core operation @ 3 GHz
- PCMark 7 Single core operation @ 3 GHz
- SiSoftware Sandra 2010 Pro Single core operation @ 3 GHz
- SiSoftware Sandra 2010 Pro Single core operation @ 3 GHz
- SiSoftware Sandra 2010 Pro Single core operation @ 3 GHz
- SiSoftware Sandra 2010 Pro Single core operation @ 3 GHz
- SiSoftware Sandra 2010 Pro Single core operation @ 3 GHz
- SiSoftware Sandra 2010 Pro Single core operation @ 3 GHz
- WinRAR 3.92 x64 Single core operation @ 3 GHz
- WinZip 14 Single core operation @ 3 GHz
The all-new CPU charts now include 33 AMD processors and 44 Intel products. We included every product line starting with a Celeron, Core 2 Duo and Quad as well as Core i3, i5 and i7 models and AMD's Athlon II and Phenom II offerings with two, thre...
All Desktop CPU Charts 2010
- 3DMark Vantage GPU Performance
- 3DMark Vantage High
- 3DMark Vantage Overall Performance
- ALU Performance: SiSoftware Sandra 2010 Pro (ALU) Dhrystone GIPS
- Archiving: 7-Zip 0.91 Beta LZMA2 Medium Compression
- Archiving: WinRAR 3.92 x64 Medium compression
- Archiving: WinZIP 14 Compression: Best Method
- Audio Encoding: iTunes 9.0.3.15 (wav to aac Audio) wav to aac
- Audio Encoding: Lame 3.98.3 (wav to mp3 Audio) 160 Kbit/s
- Cinebench 11.5 (Multi-threaded)
- Cinebench 11.5 (Single-threaded)
- Encryption: SiSoftware Sandra 2010 Pro (AES256)
- Encryption: SiSoftware Sandra 2010 Pro (Overall)
- Encryption: SiSoftware Sandra 2010 Pro (SHA256)
- Gaming: Left 4 Dead Medium settings
- Gaming: Left 4 Dead 2 Medium settings
- Image Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS 5 Applying 6 filters to a 69 MB TIF image
- Image Rendering: 3DS Max 2010 Space Flyby Mentalray
- Logic: Fritz Chess multi-threaded
- Memory Bandwitdh: SiSoftware Sandra 2010 Pro (Mem)
- PCMark Vantage Overall Result
- PDF Creation: Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional
- Power Consumption: System Idle Power Requirement [Watts]
- Power Consumption: System/CPU Peak Power Requirement [Watts]
- Raw Performance: SiSoftware Sandra 2010 Pro (GFLOPS)
- Video Editing: Adobe After Effects CS5 210 Frames
- Video Editing: Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 Video runtime 2min 21s
- Video Transcode: Handbrake (MPEG-2 to H.264) (High Profile)
- Video Transcode: Mainconcept Reference v2.0 (MPEG-2 to H.264/AVC) FullHD Video
Tom's Hardware's interactive CPU Charts offer the most comprehensive x86 processor comparison on the Internet. The 2009 edition will be updated continuously throughout the year with new processors tested across our complete benchmark suite under 6...
All 2009 Desktop CPU Charts (Update 1)
- 3DMark Vantage 1.0.2
- 3DMark Vantage 1.0.2 CPU
- 3DMark Vantage 1.0.2 GPU
- 3DS Max 2009
- Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional
- Adobe Photoshop CS 4 Applying 6 filters to a 69 MB TIF image
- Adobe Premiere Pro CS4
- AVG Anti-Virus 8.5.287 Virus Base 270.12.16/2094
- DivX 6.8.3 Insane Quality
- Far Cry 2 1.0.1 Medium settings, HDR off
- Fritz 11 multi-threaded
- GTA IV 1.0.3 Medium settings, Vsync off
- iTunes 8.1.0.52 wav to aac
- Lame 3.98 160 Kbit/s
- Left 4 Dead 1.0.0.5 Medium settings
- Mainconcept Reference 1.6.1 FullHD Video
- PCMark Vantage
- PCMark Vantage RAM
- Performance Index 12.5 % PC Mark Suite, 12.5 3DMark CPU
- SiSoftware Sandra 2009 SP3
- SiSoftware Sandra 2009 SP3 Cryptography
- SiSoftware Sandra 2009 SP3 Cryptography
- SiSoftware Sandra 2009 SP3 Cryptography
- SiSoftware Sandra 2009 SP3 Processor Arithmetic Dhrystone
- SiSoftware Sandra 2009 SP3 Processor Arithmetic
- WinRAR 3.9 x64 Beta1 maximum compression
- WinZIP 12 (8252) maximum compression
- XviD 1.2.1
Tom's Interactive CPU Charts offer the most comprehensive x86 processor comparison on the Internet. The 2008 edition includes as many as 91 AMD and Intel desktop processors, which we tested across 35 individual benchmarks under Windows Vista. The ...
All Desktop CPU Charts Q3/2008
- 3D Studio Max 9
- 3DMark Vantage - CPU
- 3DMark Vantage - GPU
- 3DMark Vantage - Score
- Acrobat 9 Professional
- AVG Anti-Virus 8
- Blu-ray HD Video Playback
- Cinema 4D Release 10
- Crysis - 1680x1050
- DivX 6.8.3
- Everest - Copy
- Everest - Latency
- Everest - Read
- Everest - Write
- Fritz 11
- iTunes
- Lame MP3
- Linux - Gzip
- Linux - Kernel Compilation
- Linux - MPlayer
- Linux - OpenSSL
- Linux - PHP
- Linux - SciMark
- Mainconcept Reference 1.5.1
- Nero 8 Recode
- PCMark Vantage - Gaming Suite
- PCMark Vantage - Memory Suite
- PCMark Vantage - PC-Mark Suite
- Photoshop CS 3
- Premiere Pro CS3 HDTV
- Sandra 2008 - Memory Bandwidth Integer
- Sandra 2008 - Memory Bandwidth Floating Point
- Sandra 2008 - Processor Arithmetic Dhrystone
- Sandra 2008 - Processor Arithmetic Wheatstone
- Sandra 2008 - Processor Multimedia Integer
- Sandra 2008 - Processor Multimedia Floating Point
- Studio 12
- Supreme Commander - Forged Alliance - 1680x1050 1680x1050
- Unreal Tournament 3 - 1680x1050
- Winrar 3.80
- Winzip 11
- World in Conflict - 1680x1050
- XviD 1.1.3
It's finally here - a true performance comparison between AMD and Intel processors. This will allow ambitious users as well as OEM partners and especially dealers to compare their systems with our reference values. What's special about this is a f...
All CPU Charts 2004
- 3D Studio Max 6 Rendering 1024x768 Single
- 3DMark03 - CPU 1024x768 @ 32 bit
- 3DMark03 - Graphics 1024x768 @ 32 bit
- 3DMark05 - CPU 1024x768 @ 32 bit
- 3DMark05 - Graphics 1024x768 @ 32 bit
- DivX 5.2 Encoding 720x576 @ 25 fps
- Doom III 1024x768 @ 32 bit
- Farcry 1280x1024 @ 32 bit
- Lame MP3 encoder Encoding to MP3
- MainConcept Encoder Encoding @ 720x576 incl. Audio
- Media Encoder Streaming Encoding to 320x240 @ 30 fps & 282kbps
- PCMark 2004 - CPU
- PCMark 2004 - Memory
- Pinnacle Studio 9 Plus Encoding and Transitions Rendering to MPEG-2/DVD
- Quake III Arena 1024x768 @ 32 bit
- Quake III Team Arena 1280x1024 @ 32 bit
- Sandra - CPU Dhrystone
- Sandra - CPU Whetstone
- Sandra - Memoy Float
- Sandra - Memoy Int
- Sandra - MM Float. Point
- Sandra - MM Integer
- Unreal Tournament 2004 1280x1024 @ 32 bit
- WinRAR 283 MB & 246 Files
- Wolfenstein 1280x1024 @ 32 bit
- Wstream - Add 100 Operations with 25 MB File
- Wstream - Copy 100 Operations with 25 MB File
- Wstream - Scale 100 Operations with 25 MB File
- Wstream - Triad 100 Operations with 25 MB File
- Xvid 1.0.2 Encoding 720x576 @ 25 fps
Tom's Interactive CPU Charts offer the most comprehensive x86 processor comparison on the Internet. The 2008 edition includes as many as 91 AMD and Intel desktop processors, which we tested across 35 individual benchmarks under Windows Vista. The ...
All CPU Charts 2008 Q1/2008
- 3D Studio Max 9 Rendering 1920x1080 Single
- 3DMark06 - CPU 1280x1024 @ 32 bit
- 3DMark06 - Graphics 1280x1024 @ 32 bit
- AVG Anti Virus 7.5.467
- Cinema 4D Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - 8Bit (50 frames)
- Clone DVD 2.908 Convert DVD-9 to DVD-5
- Deep Fritz 10
- Divx 6.6.1 Encoding 720x576 16:9 @ 25 fps
- HDTV Playback 60 sec. of James Bond Casino Royale
- iTunes 7.1.1.5 High Quality (160 kbps)
- Lame 3.98 Beta 3 (05-22-2007) Encoding to MP3
- Mainconcept H.264 Encoder mpeg2 to H.264
- MS Powerpoint 2007 - Acrobat 7 Pro PDF High Quality, 128 Bit RC4 Encryption
- PCMark 2005 - CPU
- PCMark 2005 - Memory
- Photoshop CS 3
- Pinnacle Studio 11 Plus Encoding and Transitions Rendering to MPEG-2/DVD
- Premiere Pro 2.0 WMV9 (1920 x 1080)
- Prey 1280x1024 @ 32 bit
- Price/Performance Index average product pricing by TG Stores
- Quake IV 1280x1024 @ 32 bit
- Serious Sam 2 1024x768 @ 32 bit
- SiSoftware Sandra XI Version 2007.5.11.40
- SiSoftware Sandra XI Version 2007.5.11.40
- SiSoftware Sandra XI Version 2007.5.11.40
- SiSoftware Sandra XI Version 2007.5.11.40
- SiSoftware Sandra XI Version 2007.5.11.40
- SiSoftware Sandra XI Version 2007.5.11.40
- Supreme Commander 1024x768 default Video Quality
- Unreal Tournament 2004 1280x1024 @ 32 bit
- Warhammer Mark of Chaos 1280x1024 default Video Quality
- Windows Experience Index
- Windows Experience Index
- WinRAR THG-Workload
- Xvid 1.1.2 Encoding 720x576 16:9 @ 25 fps
The interactive CPU Charts provide a true performance comparison between AMD and Intel processors. They allow ambitious users as well as decision makers and dealers to compare their favorite products in 20+ benchmark disciplines. In addition, t...
All CPU Charts 2007
- DVD Transcoding with CloneDVD 2 Downsizing DVD 9 GB to DVD 4.7 GB
- Encoding Audio MP3 with iTunes High quality, 160 kbps
- Encoding Audio MP3 with Lame 160 kbps
- Encoding Video DivX DVD MPEG-2 Sequence of 2min into DivX
- Encoding Video H.264/MPEG-4 HDTV (1920 x 1080p) Sequence of 24sec. into MPEG-4
- Encoding Video MPEG-2 DVD MPEG-2 DVD
- Encoding Video WMV9 HDTV (1920 x 1080p) Sequence of 24sec. into WMV9
- Encoding Video Xvid DVD MPEG-2 Sequence of 2min into Xvid
- File Compression with WinRAR Best Setting
- Gaming Deep Fritz 10 Chess Relative Speed
- Gaming Deep Fritz 10 Chess Kilo Nodes per Second
- Gaming Prey THG Timedemo
- Gaming Quake 4 THG Timedemo
- Gaming Serious Sam
- Gaming Supreme Commander 60 sec real gameplay
- Gaming Unreal Tournament 2004 High quality, 16 bots
- Gaming Warhammer Mark of Chaos
- HD Video Playback Playback Time of 60sec Sequence with Framelock disabled
- HD Video Playback CPU Load
- HD Video Rendering with 3D Studio Max 1920 x 1080 HD Sequence
- HD Video Rendering with Cinema 4D 1280 x 1024 - 8 bit (50 frames animation)
- Image Editing with Adobe Photoshop Applying 6 Filters on 96 MB TIFF file
- PDF Creation with Adobe Acrobat Powerpoint to PDF Conversion
- Synthetic 3DMark06 Graphic Test
- Synthetic 3DMark06 CPU Test
- Synthetic PCMark05 Memory Test
- Synthetic PCMark05 CPU Test
- Synthetic SiSoft Sandra XI CPU Multimedia Floating Point
- Synthetic SiSoft Sandra XI CPU Multimedia Integer
- Synthetic SiSoft Sandra XI CPU Arithmetic ALU
- Synthetic SiSoft Sandra XI CPU Arithmetic MFLOPS
- Synthetic SiSoft Sandra XI Memory Integer
- Synthetic SiSoft Sandra XI Memory Floating Point
- Virus Scan with AVG Antivirus Full PC Scan
- Windows Vista Experience Index CPU Score
The interactive CPU Charts provide a true performance comparison between AMD and Intel processors. They allow ambitious users as well as decision makers and dealers to compare their favorite products in 20+ benchmark disciplines. In addition, t...
All CPU Charts 2006
- 3D Studio Max 8 Rendering 1920x1080 Single
- 3DMark06 - CPU 1280x1024 @ 32 bit
- 3DMark06 - Graphics 1280x1024 @ 32 bit
- AVG Anti Virus 7.1
- Call of Duty 2 1024x768 @ 32 bit
- Clone DVD 2.8 Convert DVD-9 to DVD-5
- Divx 6.2.2 Encoding 704x576 16:9 @ 25 fps
- F.E.A.R. Max Details/Quality, 1280x920, 32 bit
- F.E.A.R. Max Details/Quality, 1280x920, 32 bit
- iTunes 6.0.4.2 Convert wav to aac
- Lame MP3 encoder Encoding to MP3
- Mainconcept H.264 Encoder mpeg2 to H.264
- MS Powerpoint 2003 - Acrobat 7 Pro PDF High Quality, 128 Bit RC4 Encryption
- MS Word 2003 - Acrobat 7 Pro PDF 128 Bit RC4 Encryption
- Multitasking I all apps running at the same time
- Multitasking II all apps running at the same time
- Ogg 1.1.0 Encoding to OGG @ quality 5
- PCMark 2005 - CPU
- PCMark 2005 - Memory
- Photoshop CS 2
- Photoshop CS 2
- Pinnacle Studio 9 Plus Encoding and Transitions Rendering to MPEG-2/DVD
- Premiere Pro 2.0 WMV9 (1290 x 1080)
- Price/Performance Index average product pricing by TG Stores
- Quake IV 1024x768 @ 32 bit
- Serious Sam 2 1024x768 @ 32 bit
- SiSoftware Sandra 2007 Version 2007.5.10.98
- SiSoftware Sandra 2007 Version 2007.5.10.98
- SiSoftware Sandra 2007 Version 2007.5.10.98
- SiSoftware Sandra 2007 Version 2007.5.10.98
- SiSoftware Sandra 2007 Version 2007.5.10.98
- SiSoftware Sandra 2007 Version 2007.5.10.98
- SiSoftware Sandra 2007 Version 2007.5.10.98
- Unreal Tournament 2004 1280x1024 @ 32 bit
- Windows Media Encoder Streaming Encoding to 320x240 @ 30 fps & 282kbps
- WinRAR 303 MB & 47 Files
- WMA Version: 9.1 Advanced Audio Encoding to WMA
- Xvid 1.1.0 Encoding 704x576 16:9 @ 25 fps
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Microsoft is Confident Xbox One Won't Have Quality Issues
May 23, 2013 – 9:30 PM –
Well, there's no guarantee, but the same team that worked on the "Trinity" Xbox 360 Slim unit is behind the hardware in Xbox One, and that's a ... Read more
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Nvidia's Tegra 4i Now Supports LTE-Advanced
May 23, 2013 – 1:30 PM –
Nvidia has updated its Tegra 4i chip to support LTE-Advanced connectivity. Read more
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AMD Confirms it Co-Designed Xbox One APU
May 23, 2013 – 1:00 PM –
It's another custom APU, this time co-designed by AMD and Microsoft. Read more
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Intel's New Devices Unit Led by Michael Bell
May 23, 2013 – 10:00 AM –
The formation of a new units is part of Intel's re-organization. Read more
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MSI Launches AMD Richland A10 APU Gaming Notebooks
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Two new MSI gaming notebooks feature AMD's new Richland APU. Read more
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AMD's Kabini: Jaguar And GCN Come Together In A 15 W APU
May 24, 2013 – 12:00 AM
AMD is ready to talk about the Temash and Kabini APUs, based on its Jaguar x86 architecture and Graphics Core Next design. We even have a reference... Read more
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Best Gaming CPUs For The Money: May 2013
May 16, 2013 – 7:30 AM
AMD launched a couple of new Piledriver-based CPUs in the last month, and we cover the FX-4350 and FX-6350 in our latest update. We also talk... Read more
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Intel Silvermont Architecture: Does This Atom Change It All?
May 6, 2013 – 1:00 PM
We sat in on a Silvermont deep-dive, the architecture powering Intel's next-generation Atom processors. Manufactured at 22 nm, armed with an... Read more
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Is This Even Fair? Budget Ivy Bridge Takes On Core 2 Duo And Quad
May 6, 2013 – 12:00 AM
Reader requests affect much of the work we do, and we constantly receive email asking for this one: compare Intel's older Wolfdale- and... Read more
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Core i7-4770K: Haswell's Performance, Previewed
March 18, 2013 – 12:00 AM
A recent trip got us access to an early sample of Intel’s upcoming Core i7-4770K. We compare its performance to Ivy Bridge- and Sandy Bridge-based... Read more
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- 09/18 – [33] Adobe Photoshop CS 6
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- Report: TSMC to Receive All Orders for iPhone Processors
- Intel Starts Shipping Haswell Processors to OEMs
- Global Foundries Demonstrates 3D TSV Capabilities on 20 nm Processors
- Intel's SDK for OpenCL Applications Now Supports OpenCL 1.2 for 3rd and 4th Generation Core Processors
- Qualcomm Bashes Nvidia Tegra Processors
- Intel Core i5, i7 Haswell Processors to be Released in June
- Qualcomm Announces New Snapdragon Processors
- CPU Charts 2012: 86 Processors From AMD And Intel, Tested
- Samsung Increases Price For Apple's Processors
- Nvidia to Integrate ARM Processors in Tesla
