Benchmark Results: Productivity
Our threaded filters favor the true quad-core chips, placing Intel’s Core i5-750, Core 2 Quad Q9400, and AMD’s Phenom II X4 965 first, second, and third, in that order. The Core i5-661 places fourth, followed by the dual-core Core 2 Duo.
As noted in our recent exploration into overclocking and Intel’s Turbo Boost technology, AVG 9 demonstrates interesting behavior in that it uses very little resources, but takes drastically different amounts of time to finish its task, depending on the logical core count of its host platform.
This is another app able to appreciate threading. Intel’s Core i5-750 takes first place by just one second, followed by AMD’s Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition. The quad-core Core 2 Quad Q9400 comes in third, though the dual-core, Hyper-Threading-equipped Core i5-661 is right behind. The Core 2 Duo E8500 sticks out as the only processor really lagging here.
Also well-threaded, WinRAR puts Intel’s Core i5-750 in first place, with AMD’s Phenom II coming in 20 seconds behind. The Core 2 Quad Q9400 is just behind, and the Core 2 Duo interestingly takes fourth place here. Hyper-Threading seems to impede the Core i5-661, which brings up the rear.
AMD’s Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition pulls first place in 7-Zip’s built-in benchmark by achieving more than 10 MB/s in the compression test and a MIPS rating of more than 11,900. The Core i5-750 is just behind, followed by Intel’s Yorkfield-based Q9400. The Core i5-661s come in fourth, while the Core 2 Duo falls to last place.
