Intel Core i7 990X Testing Benchmarks for an Intel Core i7 990X Gulftown comparison. This is currently Intel's $999 USD fastest six-core system based on Gulftown, not Sandy Bridge. Look for more in an upcoming Phoronix article.
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Intel Core i7 990X Testing Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Monitor Audio OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i 2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 Ghz Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores) SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra Intel Sandy Bridge 3072MB 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS ATI Device 6738 DELL P2210H Ubuntu 10.10 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64) GNOME 2.32.0 X Server 1.9.0 vesa 2.3.0 2.1 Mesa 7.9-devel GCC 4.4.5 ext4 1280x1024 Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores) ATI Device 6738 (960/1150MHz) radeon 6.14.99 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel Gallium 0.4 1920x1080 Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz (8 Cores) ASRock X58 Super Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB (675/1100MHz) Realtek ALC889A DELL S2409W 2.6.38-020638-generic (x86_64) nouveau 0.0.16 Intel Core i7 970 @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores) 2.1 Mesa 7.9-devel GCC 4.4.5 + Clang 4.2.1 + llvm 2.6 Intel Core i7 X 990 @ 3.47GHz (12 Cores) GCC 4.4.5 AMD Phenom 9950 @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores) ASRock AOD790GX/128M AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800 5632MB 40GB INTEL SSDSA2M040 + 640GB Western Digital WDC WD6400AAKS-2 + 250GB Western Digital WDC WD2500JB-00G ATI Radeon HD 3300 384MB (700/400MHz) DELL ST2210 2.6.35-28-generic (x86_64) fglrx 8.78.30 2 x Intel Xeon L5410 @ 2.33GHz (8 Cores) Supermicro X7DAL Intel 5000X MCH 8192MB 2 x 64GB C300-CTFDDAA064M NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT 512MB (650/900MHz) Debian 6.0 2.6.32-5-amd64 (x86_64) GNOME 2.30.2 X Server 1.7.7 NVIDIA 195.36.31 3.2.0 NVIDIA 195.36.31 ext3 3360x1080 OpenBenchmarking.org System Details - Core i3 2100: Intel SpeedStep was enabled. - Core i7 920: Intel SpeedStep was enabled. - Core i7 970: Intel SpeedStep was enabled. - Core i7 990X: Intel SpeedStep was enabled. - Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i: Compiz was running on this system. AMD CnQ was enabled. - 2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 Ghz: .
Intel Core i7 990X Testing pgbench: TPC-B Transactions Per Second build-linux-kernel: Time To Compile build-apache: Time To Compile ttsiod-renderer: Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping graphics-magick: Resizing graphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholding openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance npb: UA.A npb: MG.B npb: LU.A npb: IS.C npb: FT.B minion: Solitaire hmmer: Pfam Database Search smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples povray: Total Time c-ray: Total Time bullet: Raytests bullet: Convex Trimesh bullet: Prim Trimesh bullet: 1000 Convex bullet: 136 Ragdolls bullet: 1000 Stack bullet: 3000 Fall himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver compress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compression compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test encode-mp3: WAV To MP3 ffmpeg: AVI To NTSC VCD x264: H.264 Video Encoding Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i 2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 Ghz 146.54 612.55 34.99 62.19 96 40 73.15 21.63 4211.86 5207.57 156.25 3675.74 143.97 25.01 225 847 128.42 24.01 20.59 11.21 11.21 8.61 18.33 15.52 286.89 19.96 7712 22.94 13.11 46.09 148.17 352.71 24.07 108.60 123 49 86.53 35.03 5760.77 9338.24 184.42 6574.63 115.05 15.22 144 708 61.65 19.88 17.03 9.12 8.83 6.52 14.11 12.36 341.45 11.23 12611 19.22 10.98 74.17 366.38 30.35 118.00 103 57 45.68 35.66 4560.75 8238.34 124.31 4647.54 185.81 16.75 144 936 71.29 27.40 23.41 12.43 12.28 8.50 19.37 16.19 199.75 10.95 13702 28.44 15.03 74.53 148.01 258.29 22.79 179.86 128 79 53.43 49.24 4361.57 9827.74 133.89 3246.42 187.49 11.71 91 788 34.02 23.40 20.00 10.78 10.59 7.71 16.59 14.21 451.60 7.02 20413 25.39 13.15 113.53 227.78 23.29 210.95 143 89 57.73 55.75 4525.79 11466.98 148.22 3959.76 166.80 10.27 72 730 35.94 21.66 18.56 9.99 9.77 7.00 15.22 12.91 286.30 6.05 23951 22.45 12.17 135.23 604.03 8.50 45.37 80 36 49.00 13.98 2058.99 3829.82 62.62 2184.47 693.78 27.55 234 1404 135.76 47.93 41.17 22.53 25.51 21.64 38.64 38.18 131.97 23.66 7208 38.41 23.43 40.66 340.62 32.58 89.44 86 50 34.38 18.54 1397.03 5531.20 53.76 2682.62 219.80 26.92 118 1316 53.76 36.87 31.45 16.60 17.89 13.08 30.94 25.83 156.27 9.68 9827 37.28 19.98 81.19 OpenBenchmarking.org
PostgreSQL pgbench TPC-B Transactions Per Second OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.1 TPC-B Transactions Per Second Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 970 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 1.17, N = 3 SE +/- 2.90, N = 3 SE +/- 0.68, N = 3 146.54 148.17 148.01
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 2.6.25 Time To Compile 2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 Ghz Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X 130 260 390 520 650 SE +/- 0.74, N = 3 SE +/- 6.04, N = 3 SE +/- 10.33, N = 3 SE +/- 2.06, N = 3 SE +/- 6.16, N = 6 SE +/- 6.43, N = 6 SE +/- 8.95, N = 6 340.62 604.03 612.55 352.71 366.38 258.29 227.78
Timed Apache Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed Apache Compilation 2.2.17 Time To Compile 2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 Ghz Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 32.58 8.50 34.99 24.07 30.35 22.79 23.29
TTSIOD 3D Renderer Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping OpenBenchmarking.org FPS, More Is Better TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.1v Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping 2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 Ghz Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.49, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 0.75, N = 3 89.44 45.37 62.19 108.60 118.00 179.86 210.95
GraphicsMagick Operation: Resizing OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing 2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 Ghz Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 86 80 96 123 103 128 143
GraphicsMagick Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding 2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 Ghz Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 50 36 40 49 57 79 89
OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance OpenBenchmarking.org Signs Per Second, More Is Better OpenSSL 1.0.0a RSA 4096-bit Performance 2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 Ghz Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.03, N = 4 SE +/- 0.06, N = 4 SE +/- 0.22, N = 4 SE +/- 0.30, N = 4 SE +/- 0.06, N = 4 SE +/- 0.06, N = 4 SE +/- 0.02, N = 4 34.38 49.00 73.15 86.53 45.68 53.43 57.73
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: UA.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A 2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 Ghz Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X 13 26 39 52 65 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.28, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 18.54 13.98 21.63 35.03 35.66 49.24 55.75
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: MG.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B 2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 Ghz Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X 1200 2400 3600 4800 6000 SE +/- 1.95, N = 3 SE +/- 1.48, N = 3 SE +/- 1.70, N = 3 SE +/- 1.04, N = 3 SE +/- 2.51, N = 3 SE +/- 4.11, N = 3 SE +/- 4.59, N = 3 1397.03 2058.99 4211.86 5760.77 4560.75 4361.57 4525.79
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: LU.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A 2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 Ghz Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 4.69, N = 3 SE +/- 31.88, N = 3 SE +/- 21.33, N = 3 SE +/- 31.43, N = 3 SE +/- 33.06, N = 3 SE +/- 27.47, N = 3 SE +/- 23.27, N = 3 5531.20 3829.82 5207.57 9338.24 8238.34 9827.74 11466.98
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: IS.C OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C 2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 Ghz Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 53.76 62.62 156.25 184.42 124.31 133.89 148.22
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: FT.B OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B 2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 Ghz Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X 1400 2800 4200 5600 7000 SE +/- 1.57, N = 3 SE +/- 225.85, N = 6 SE +/- 56.81, N = 5 SE +/- 6.60, N = 3 SE +/- 17.54, N = 3 SE +/- 0.39, N = 3 SE +/- 1.62, N = 3 2682.62 2184.47 3675.74 6574.63 4647.54 3246.42 3959.76
Minion Benchmark: Solitaire OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Minion 0.9 Benchmark: Solitaire 2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 Ghz Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X 150 300 450 600 750 SE +/- 1.06, N = 3 SE +/- 1.49, N = 3 SE +/- 0.78, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 SE +/- 0.37, N = 3 219.80 693.78 143.97 115.05 185.81 187.49 166.80
Timed HMMer Search Pfam Database Search OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search 2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 Ghz Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.49, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 26.92 27.55 25.01 15.22 16.75 11.71 10.27
Smallpt Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples 2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 Ghz Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 1.20, N = 3 118 234 225 144 144 91 72
POV-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time 2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 Ghz Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X 300 600 900 1200 1500 1316 1404 847 708 936 788 730
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time 2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 Ghz Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 53.76 135.76 128.42 61.65 71.29 34.02 35.94
Bullet Physics Engine Test: Raytests OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Bullet Physics Engine 2.75 Test: Raytests 2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 Ghz Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X 11 22 33 44 55 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 36.87 47.93 24.01 19.88 27.40 23.40 21.66
Bullet Physics Engine Test: Convex Trimesh OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Bullet Physics Engine 2.75 Test: Convex Trimesh 2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 Ghz Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 31.45 41.17 20.59 17.03 23.41 20.00 18.56
Bullet Physics Engine Test: Prim Trimesh OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Bullet Physics Engine 2.75 Test: Prim Trimesh 2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 Ghz Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X 5 10 15 20 25 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 16.60 22.53 11.21 9.12 12.43 10.78 9.99
Bullet Physics Engine Test: 1000 Convex OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Bullet Physics Engine 2.75 Test: 1000 Convex 2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 Ghz Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 17.89 25.51 11.21 8.83 12.28 10.59 9.77
Bullet Physics Engine Test: 136 Ragdolls OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Bullet Physics Engine 2.75 Test: 136 Ragdolls 2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 Ghz Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X 5 10 15 20 25 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 13.08 21.64 8.61 6.52 8.50 7.71 7.00
Bullet Physics Engine Test: 1000 Stack OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Bullet Physics Engine 2.75 Test: 1000 Stack 2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 Ghz Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.44, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 30.94 38.64 18.33 14.11 19.37 16.59 15.22
Bullet Physics Engine Test: 3000 Fall OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Bullet Physics Engine 2.75 Test: 3000 Fall 2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 Ghz Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 25.83 38.18 15.52 12.36 16.19 14.21 12.91
Himeno Benchmark Poisson Pressure Solver OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver 2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 Ghz Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X 100 200 300 400 500 SE +/- 0.34, N = 3 SE +/- 0.69, N = 3 SE +/- 0.50, N = 3 SE +/- 0.94, N = 3 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 156.27 131.97 286.89 341.45 199.75 451.60 286.30
Parallel BZIP2 Compression 256MB File Compression OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression 2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 Ghz Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 9.68 23.66 19.96 11.23 10.95 7.02 6.05
7-Zip Compression Compress Speed Test OpenBenchmarking.org MIPS, More Is Better 7-Zip Compression 9.13 Compress Speed Test 2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 Ghz Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X 5K 10K 15K 20K 25K SE +/- 12.50, N = 3 SE +/- 9.74, N = 3 SE +/- 106.85, N = 5 SE +/- 8.65, N = 3 SE +/- 197.11, N = 6 SE +/- 217.92, N = 3 SE +/- 309.89, N = 3 9827 7208 7712 12611 13702 20413 23951
LAME MP3 Encoding WAV To MP3 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better LAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2 WAV To MP3 2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 Ghz Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.16, N = 5 SE +/- 0.03, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.04, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 37.28 38.41 22.94 19.22 28.44 25.39 22.45
FFmpeg AVI To NTSC VCD OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better FFmpeg 0.6.1 AVI To NTSC VCD 2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 Ghz Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 19.98 23.43 13.11 10.98 15.03 13.15 12.17
x264 H.264 Video Encoding OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better x264 2010-11-22 H.264 Video Encoding 2x Xeon L5420 @ 2.33 Ghz Compare Phenom 9950 to Intel Core i Core i3 2100 Core i5 2500K Core i7 920 Core i7 970 Core i7 990X 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.56, N = 3 SE +/- 0.93, N = 3 SE +/- 1.46, N = 6 SE +/- 1.44, N = 3 SE +/- 1.84, N = 6 SE +/- 3.41, N = 6 81.19 40.66 46.09 74.17 74.53 113.53 135.23
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