Clarkdale's Efficiency: Core i5-661 Versus Core 2, Athlon II, And Phenom II

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System Hardware
Hardware Details
Motherboard I (Socket AM3) Gigabyte MA785GMT-UD2H (Rev. 1.0) Chipset: AMD 785g BIOS: F4a (11/03/2009)
Motherboard II (LGA 775) Intel DG45ID (Rev. 1.0) Chipset: G45 BIOS: 0089
Motherboard III (LGA 1156) Intel DH55TC  (Rev. 1.0) Chipset: H55 BIOS: 0027 (11/19/2009)
CPU AMD I AMD Athlon II X2 240e (45nm, 2.8 GHz, 2 x 1MB L2 Cache, TDP 45W, Rev. C2)
CPU AMD II AMD Phenom II X2 550 (45nm, 3.1 GHz, 2 x 512KB L2 and 6MB L3 Cache, TDP 80W, Rev. C2)
CPU Intel I Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 (45nm, 3.33 GHz, 4 x 6MB L2, TDP 65W, Rev. C2)
CPU Intel II Intel Core i5-661 (32nm, 3.33 GHz, 2 x 256KB L2 and 4MB L3 Cache, TDP 87W)
RAM DDR2 (dual) 2 x 2GB DDR2-1066 (Walton Chaintech Apogee AU2G732-12GH001)
RAM DDR3 (dual) 2 x 2GB DDR3-1600 (Corsair CMD4GX3M2A1600C8)
Hard Drive Western Digital VelociRaptor, 300GB (WD3000HLFS) 10,000 RPM, SATA/300, 16MB Cache
Power Supply PC Power & Cooling, Silencer 750EPS12V 750W
System Software & Drivers
Operating System Windows Vista Enterprise Version 6.0 x64 Service Pack 2 (Build 6000)
Drivers and Settings
AMD Graphics Drivers ATI Catalyst 9.11
AMD Chipset Drivers ATI Catalyst 9.11
Intel Chipset Drivers Chipset Installation Utility Ver. 9.1.1.1020
Intel Storage Drivers Matrix Storage Drivers Ver. 8.8.0.1009
Intel Graphics Drivers Version 15.16
3D-Games Benchmarks and Settings
Benchmark Details
Far Cry 2 Version: 1.0.1 Far Cry 2 Benchmark Tool Video Mode: 1280x800 Direct3D 9 Overall Quality: Medium Bloom activated HDR off Demo: Ranch Small
GTA IV Version: 1.0.3 Video Mode: 1280x1024 - 1280x1024 - Aspect Ratio: Auto - All options: Medium - View Distance: 30 - Detail Distance: 100 - Vehicle Density: 100 - Shadow Density: 16 - Definition: On - Vsync: Off Ingame Benchmark
Left 4 Dead Version: 1.0.0.5 Video Mode: 1280x800 Game Settings - Anti Aliasing none - Filtering Trilinear - Wait for vertical sync disabled - Shader Detail Medium - Effect Detail Medium - Model/Texture Detail Medium Demo: THG Demo 1
Audio Benchmarks and Settings
Benchmark Details
iTunes Version: 8.1.0.52 Audio CD ("Terminator II" SE), 53 min. Convert to AAC audio format
Lame MP3 Version 3.98 Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 min convert WAV to MP3 audio format Command: -b 160 --nores (160 Kbps)
Video Benchmarks and Settings
Benchmark Details
TMPEG 4.6 Version: 4.6.3.268 Video: Terminator 2 SE DVD (720x576, 16:9) 5 Minutes Audio: Dolby Digital, 48000 Hz, 6-channel, English Advanced Acoustic Engine MP3 Encoder (160 Kbps, 44.1 KHz)
DivX 6.8.5 Version: 6.8.5 == Main Menu == default == Codec Menu == Encoding mode: Insane Quality Enhanced multithreading Enabled using SSE4 Quarter-pixel search == Video Menu == Quantization: MPEG-2
XviD 1.2.1 Version: 1.2.1 Other Options / Encoder Menu - Display encoding status = off
Mainconcept Reference 1.6.1 Version: 1.6.1 MPEG-2 to MPEG-2 (H.264) MainConcept H.264/AVC Codec 28 sec. HDTV 1920x1080 (MPEG-2) Audio: MPEG2 (44.1 kHz, 2-channel, 16-bit, 224 Kbps) Codec: H.264 Mode: PAL (25 FPS) Profile: Settings for eight threads
Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 Version: 4.0 WMV 1920x1080 (39 sec.) Export: Adobe Media Encoder == Video == H.264 Blu-ray 1440x1080i 25 High Quality Encoding Passes: one Bitrate Mode: VBR Frame: 1440x1080 Frame Rate: 25 == Audio == PCM Audio, 48 kHz, Stereo Encoding Passes: one
Application Benchmarks and Settings
Benchmark Details
Grisoft AVG Anti-Virus 8 Version: 8.5.287 Virus base: 270.12.16/2094 Benchmark Scan: some compressed ZIP and RAR archives
Winrar 3.9 Version 3.90 x64 BETA 1 Compression = Best Benchmark: THG-Workload
Winzip 12 Version 12.0 (8252) WinZIP Commandline Version 3 Compression = Best Dictionary = 4096KB Benchmark: THG-Workload
Autodesk 3d Studio Max 2009 Version: 9 x64 Rendering Dragon Image Resolution: 1920 x 1280 (frame 1-5)
Adobe Photoshop CS 4 (64-Bit) Version: 11 Filtering a 16MB TIF (15000x7266) Filters: Radial Blur (Amount: 10; Method: zoom; Quality: good) Shape Blur (Radius: 46 px; custom shape: Trademark sysmbol) Median (Radius: 1px) Polar Coordinates (Rectangular to Polar)
Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional Version: 9.0.0 (Extended) == Printing Preferenced Menu == Default Settings: Standard == Adobe PDF Security - Edit Menu == Encrypt all documents (128-bit RC4) Open Password: 123 Permissions Password: 321
Microsoft Powerpoint 2007 Version: 2007 SP2 PPT to PDF Powerpoint Document (115 Pages) Adobe PDF-Printer
Deep Fritz 11 Version: 11 Fritz Chess Benchmark Version 4.2
Synthetic Benchmarks and Settings
Benchmark Details
3DMark Vantage Version: 1.02 Options: Performance Graphics Test 1 Graphics Test 2 CPU Test 1 CPU Test 2
PCMark Vantage Version: 1.00 PCMark Benchmark Memories Benchmark
SiSoftware Sandra 2009 Version: 2009 SP3 Processor Arithmetic, Cryptography, Memory Bandwith