AMD's Athlon 64 X2 4800+ & 4200+ Dual Core Performance Preview
by Anand Lal Shimpi on May 9, 2005 12:02 AM EST- Posted in
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Multitasking Content Creation
MCC Winstone 2004
Multimedia Content Creation Winstone 2004 tests the following applications in various usage scenarios:. Adobe® Photoshop® 7.0.1All chips were tested with Lightwave set to spawn 4 threads.
. Adobe® Premiere® 6.50
. Macromedia® Director MX 9.0
. Macromedia® Dreamweaver MX 6.1
. Microsoft® Windows MediaTM Encoder 9 Version 9.00.00.2980
. NewTek's LightWave® 3D 7.5b
. SteinbergTM WaveLabTM 4.0f
ICC SYSMark 2004
The first category that we will deal with is 3D Content Creation. The tests that make up this benchmark are described below:"The user renders a 3D model to a bitmap using 3ds max 5.1, while preparing web pages in Dreamweaver MX. Then the user renders a 3D animation in a vector graphics format."
Next, we have 2D Content Creation performance:
"The user uses Premiere 6.5 to create a movie from several raw input movie cuts and sound cuts and starts exporting it. While waiting on this operation, the user imports the rendered image into Photoshop 7.01, modifies it and saves the results. Once the movie is assembled, the user edits it and creates special effects using After Effects 5.5."
"The user extracts content from an archive using WinZip 8.1. Meanwhile, he uses Flash MX to open the exported 3D vector graphics file. He modifies it by including other pictures and optimizes it for faster animation. The final movie with the special effects is then compressed using Windows Media Encoder 9 series in a format that can be broadcast over broadband Internet. The web site is given the final touches in Dreamweaver MX and the system is scanned by VirusScan 7.0."
Mozilla + Media Encoder
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DrMrLordX - Monday, May 9, 2005 - link
#9, I found it a little odd as well, but keep in mind that, not too long ago, Intel was still winning multimedia and 3d rendering benches on a regular basis with Northwood and Prescott. This might explain why Intel won narrow victories in some of the in-house multitasking benchmarks.What is clear is that the X2 is the superior processor when it comes to running lone multithreaded applications.
The X2 is useful for anyone, while the Pentium D will only shine for people with distinctive usage patterns. Too bad the X2 costs so much.
Zebo - Monday, May 9, 2005 - link
#9 every REAL WORLD AMD wins. I don't even look at synthetics or contrived benches so someone else maybe tells you if Intel won one.:) They tend to do really well in those.Zebo - Monday, May 9, 2005 - link
Total domination too bad I can't get one now!!!Anand what memory timings and CMD rate used in this review?
Frew - Monday, May 9, 2005 - link
Is overclocking the same with a dual core cpu?reactor - Monday, May 9, 2005 - link
good article, cant wait to see how yonah stacks up so i can make a decision on what to get.btw the graphs all say intel pentium D 840, instead of 640.
Aenslead - Monday, May 9, 2005 - link
Is it just me, or did AMD win in EVERY benchmark program? Simply amazing.Still, it surprises me to see intel push ahead on multitasking by a tad.
Swaid - Monday, May 9, 2005 - link
I hate the price of admission!anandtechrocks - Monday, May 9, 2005 - link
Amazing preformance, but half a G is really pushing it for a processor...Capt Caveman - Monday, May 9, 2005 - link
I hate that we have to wait til Q3/Q4.Brian23 - Monday, May 9, 2005 - link
While I'm very impressed by this IC, I hate paper launches.