The Gigahertz Battle: How Do Today's CPUs Stack Up?

Features
By published

Test Setup

Swipe to scroll horizontally
CPU
Socket 478Intel Pentium 4 2400 (Northwood 130 nm, 2.4 GHz, 512 kB L2 Cache )
Socket 775 IIntel Core 2 Duo E4300 (Allendale 65 nm, 1.8 GHz, 2 MB L2 Cache)
Socket 775 IIIntel Core 2 Extreme X6800 (Conroe 65 nm, 2.93 GHz, 4 MB L2 Cache)
Socket 775 IIIIntel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 (Kentsfield 65 nm, 2.66 GHz, 2x 4 MB L2 Cache)
Socket 939 IAMD Athlon 64 4000+ (Clawhammer 130 nm, 2.4 GHz, 1 MB L2 Cache)
Socket 939 IIAMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ (Toledo 90 nm, 2.4 GHz, 2x 512 kB L2 Cache)
Socket AM2AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ (Windsor 90 nm, 2.4 GHz, 2x 512 kB L2 Cache)
Motherboard
Platform Socket 478Asus P4C800-E Deluxe, Rev 1.02Chipset : Intel 875P, BIOS : 1023
Platform Socket 775Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6, Rev 2.0Chipset : Intel 965P, BIOS : F9
Platform Socket 939Asus A8N-SLI Premium, Rev 1.02Chipset : Nvidia nForce 4 SLI, Bios : 1009
Platform Socket AM2MSI K9N Platinum, Rev 1.0Chipset : Nvidia nForce 570 SLI, Bios : 1.5
Memory
RAM I (DDR)Corsair CMX1024-3200C22x 1024 MB DDR2-4000 (CL 2.5-3-3-6)
RAM II (DDR2)Corsair CM2X1024-6400C32x 1024 MB DDR2-800 (CL 4.0-4-4-12 2T)
Hard Drive
Hard Drive I (read)Western Digital WD4000KD400 GB 7,200 RPM, 16 MB cache, SATA/150
Hard Drive II (write)Western Digital WD4000KD400 GB 7,200 RPM, 16 MB cache, SATA/150
DVD ROM
DVD-ROMTEAC DV-W50D IDE ATA100
Graphics Card
AGP GraphicsNvidia GeForce 6800 - 256 MB DDR3 RAM
PCI Express GraphicsNvidia GeForce 6800 - 256 MB DDR3 RAM
Power Supply
PSUEnermax EG565P-VEATX 2.01, 535 Watt
System Software & Drivers
OSWindows XP Professional 5.10.2600, Service Pack 2
DirectX Version9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Drivers AMD nForce 4nForce4 series 6.86
Drivers AMD nForce 570nForce 570 SLI 9.16
Platform Drivers IntelINF-Treiber 8.1.1.1010
Graphics DriverNvidia ForceWare 93.71
Swipe to scroll horizontally
Benchmarks and Settings
Audio
iTunes 7Version : 7.0.2Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 minConvert wav to aac
Lame MP3Version 3.97 Beta 2 (12-22-2005)Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 minwave to mp3160 kbps
OGGVersion 1.1.2 (Intel P4 MOD)Version 1.1.2 (Intel AMD MOD)Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 minwave to oggQuality : 5
Video
TMPEG 3.0 ExpressVersion : 3.0.4.24 (no Audio)fist 5 Minutes DVD Terminator 2 SE (704x576) 16:9Multithreading by rendering
DivX 6.5Version : 6.5Profile : High Definition Profile1-pass, 3000 kb/sEncoding mode : Insane QualityEnhanced multithreadingno Audio
XviD 1.1.2Version : 1.1.2Target qantizer : 1.00
Applications
WinrarVersion 3.62(303 MB, 47 Files, 2 Folders)Compression = BestDictionary = 4096 kB
Autodesk 3D Studio MaxVersion : 8.0Characters "Dragon_Charater_rig"rendering HTDV 1920x1080
Adobe Photoshop CS 2Version : 9.0.1VT-Runtime ScriptRendering from 5 Pictures (66 MB, 7 Filters)
Deep FritzVersion 10Chess Benchmark
CinebenchVersion 9.532 Bit1 CPU ; x CPU
PCMark05 ProVersion : 1.2.0CPU and Memory TestsWindows Media Player 10.00.00.3646Windows Media Encoder 9.00.00.2980