Intel Core2 Processors: The Real-World Test Results
The team behind [H]Enthusiast tried out three core processors particularly for systems heavy on video editing, music encoding music and manipulating images. The contestants were Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800, Intel Core 2 Duo E6700, and AMD Athlon 64 FX-32.
The mission: Determine real-world benchmarks for functions an average person would perform on a home PC with similar specs.
The tests:
- Ripping a full-length motion picture from a DVD
- EncodingFrank Zappa’s Packard Goose to an iPod native .mp4 / AAC file using iTunes
- Running Adobe Photoshop v8 and Driver Heaven’s testing suite
- Importing a 2.3GB avi file imported from a camcorder
- Importing an 800MB MiniDV video clip from a video camera using Windows Movie Maker to encode it to the 2.1Mbps bitrate
The findings: When it comes to editing video, manipulating images, or encoding music, the Intel Core 2 Duo and Extreme processors at 2.66GHz outclassed AMDÂ’s Athlon FX and Athlon 64 line of processors.
Via [H]Enthusiast
The team behind [H]Enthusiast tried out three core processors particularly for systems heavy on video editing, music encoding music and manipulating images. The contestants were Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800, Intel Core 2 Duo E6700, and AMD Athlon 64 FX-32.
The mission: Determine real-world benchmarks for functions an average person would perform on a home PC with similar specs.
The tests:
- Ripping a full-length motion picture from a DVD
- EncodingFrank Zappa’s Packard Goose to an iPod native .mp4 / AAC file using iTunes
- Running Adobe Photoshop v8 and Driver Heaven’s testing suite
- Importing a 2.3GB avi file imported from a camcorder
- Importing an 800MB MiniDV video clip from a video camera using Windows Movie Maker to encode it to the 2.1Mbps bitrate
The findings: When it comes to editing video, manipulating images, or encoding music, the Intel Core 2 Duo and Extreme processors at 2.66GHz outclassed AMDÂ’s Athlon FX and Athlon 64 line of processors.
Via [H]Enthusiast
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