COSHome_Encoding 2 x Intel Xeon 5120 testing with a Dell 0GU083 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450/4000 SDI 256MB on Fedora 19 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Xeon 5120: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon 5120 @ 1.86GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0GU083, Chipset: Intel 5000X MCH, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450/4000 SDI 256MB (425/1000MHz), Audio: SigmaTel STAC9200, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5752 Gigabit PCI OS: Fedora 19, Kernel: 3.10.5-201.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.8.4, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.88, OpenGL: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 304.88, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 D620: Processor: Intel T2300 @ 1.67GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0FT292, Chipset: Intel Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS + ICH7-M, Memory: 2560MB, Disk: 250GB Western Digital WD2500BJKT-0, Graphics: Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS 943/940GML IGP, Audio: SigmaTel STAC9200, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5752 Gigabit PCI + Broadcom BCM4311 802.11b/g OS: Fedora 17, Kernel: 3.9.10-100.fc17.i686 (i686), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.4.1, Display Server: X Server 1.12.4, Display Driver: intel 2.21.5, OpenGL: 1.4 Mesa 8.0.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x800 New1: Processor: AMD Athlon II X4 645 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: BIOSTAR A880GZ, Chipset: AMD RS880, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 60GB Toshiba MKNSSDCR60GB, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450/4000 SDI 256MB, Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev1, Monitor: VA2026w, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168 OS: Fedora 18, Kernel: 3.10.4-100.fc18.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.6.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 1.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Mencoder 1.1 AVI To LAVC Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon 5120 . 59.87 |==================================== Intel Xeon 5120 . 60.97 |==================================== D620 ............ 90.71 |====================================================== New1 ............ 38.03 |======================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon 5120 . 15.95 |====================================== Intel Xeon 5120 . 15.98 |====================================== D620 ............ 22.86 |====================================================== New1 ............ 8.36 |==================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon 5120 . 38.83 |======================================== Intel Xeon 5120 . 38.85 |======================================== D620 ............ 51.82 |====================================================== New1 ............ 24.46 |========================= Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon 5120 . 18.91 | Intel Xeon 5120 . 18.97 | D620 ............ 5401.68 |==================================================== New1 ............ 9.87 | WavPack Audio Encoding 4.41.0 WAV To WavPack Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon 5120 . 21.76 |===================================== Intel Xeon 5120 . 21.77 |===================================== D620 ............ 31.94 |====================================================== New1 ............ 13.78 |======================= Ogg Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To Ogg Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon 5120 . 22.77 |=================================== Intel Xeon 5120 . 22.78 |=================================== D620 ............ 35.15 |====================================================== New1 ............ 13.81 |===================== x264 2013-06-08 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon 5120 . 42.71 |=================================== Intel Xeon 5120 . 40.00 |================================= D620 ............ 11.52 |========== New1 ............ 65.07 |====================================================== FFmpeg 2.0 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon 5120 . 36.97 |========================= Intel Xeon 5120 . 39.04 |=========================== D620 ............ 78.54 |====================================================== New1 ............ 31.19 |=====================