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Intel Skulltrail - Benchmarks And Analysis

Intel Skulltrail Article Overview
Article Topics
Part 1 Intel Skulltrail Part 1: The Power of 8 Cores
Part 2 Intel Skulltrail Part 2: Overclocking and Power Consumption
Part 3 Intel Skulltrail 3: 8 vs 4 Core Performance

Benchmarks - Skulltrail 1.6% Slower

We compared the performance of the dual-socket Skulltrail system to that of a Core 2 Extreme QX9770 at the same speed and a Core 2 Extreme QX9650, which runs 200 MHz slower Compare Prices on Core 2 Extreme QX9650. All three CPUs are Penryns with completely identical features and functionality.

Skulltrail 2x Extreme QX9775
Games QX9770 QX9650
Warhammer Mark of Chaos -45.1% -38.3%
Supreme Commander -24.3% -22.0%
Unreal Tournament 2004 -15.9% -10.1%
Serious Sam 2 -13.0% -11.0%
Quake 4 -13.0% -6.7%
Prey -7.0% -5.5%
Audio
iTunes -4.8% 4.8%
Lame -6.0% 0.0%
Video
Pinnacle Studio 11 Plus -6.3% -2.5%
Xvid -20.5% -15.4%
DivX -13.0% -9.1%
Mainconcept H.264 Encoder 26.3% 34.2%
Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 9.0% 15.3%
Clone DVD 2 -0.8% 3.8%
AVG Antivirus -6.3% -1.6%
WinRAR -0.8% 3.4%
Adobe Photoshop CS3 -3.2% 6.5%
PowerPoint to PDF 2.0% 2.9%
3D Rendering
3D-Studio Max 9 50.0% 59.1%
Cinema 4D Release 10 61.2% 70.1%
Total: -1.6% 3.9%
This table shows the performance difference between the dual-socket QX9775 CPUs and the single-socket QX970 and QX9650 processors.

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