lame-mp3 Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 testing with a ASRock G41M-VS3. and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 1024MB on Fedora 18 via the Phoronix Test Suite. lame: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 @ 2.34GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock G41M-VS3., Chipset: Intel 4 DRAM + ICH7, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 160GB Hitachi HDS72161 + 320GB Western Digital WD3200AAJS-6, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 1024MB (810/667MHz), Audio: VIA VT1705, Network: Atheros AR8152 v2.0 Fast OS: Fedora 18, Kernel: 3.8.3-203.fc18.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.6.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.64, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 304.64, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2 20121109, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 test1: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2660 0 @ 2.20GHz (32 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 2 x 512GB PLEXTOR PX-512M5 + 3001GB MARVELL Raid VD + 2 x 3001GB Seagate ST3000DM001-1CH1, Graphics: Intel HD 3000, Audio: Realtek ALC898, Network: Intel 82574L Gigabit Connection OS: Fedora 18, Kernel: 3.8.3-203.fc18.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.6.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, OpenGL: 1.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2 20121109 + ICC, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x878 test_gpu: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2660 0 @ 2.20GHz (32 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 2 x 512GB PLEXTOR PX-512M5 + 3001GB MARVELL Raid VD + 2 x 3001GB Seagate ST3000DM001-1CH1, Graphics: Intel HD 3000, Audio: Realtek ALC898, Network: Intel 82574L Gigabit Connection OS: Fedora 18, Kernel: 3.8.3-203.fc18.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.6.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, OpenGL: 1.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2 20121109 + ICC, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x878 LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better lame ..... 32.41 |============================================================= test1 .... 18.68 |=================================== test_gpu . 18.58 |===================================