3dsmax 9 - SPECapc 3dsmax CPU Rendering Test
Today's desktop processors are more than fast enough to do professional level 3D rendering at home. To look at performance under 3dsmax we ran the SPECapc 3dsmax 8 benchmark (only the CPU rendering tests) under 3dsmax 9 SP1. The results reported are the rendering composite scores:
There are definitely cases where Bloomfield's memory controller is a boon, the Core i7 860 is able to approach but not outperform the i7 920.
Cinebench R10
Created by the Cinema 4D folks we have Cinebench, a popular 3D rendering benchmark that gives us both single and multi-threaded 3D rendering results.
Since threaded performance is excellent on the 860, after all it's running at 3.46GHz in this situation. The 920 doesn't stand a chance.
Up the thread count and we see the Core i7 860 slightly ahead of the 920.
Blender 2.48a
Blender is an open source 3D modeling application. Our benchmark here simply times how long it takes to render a character that comes with the application.
Blender performance is again faster than a 920 and nearly on par with the Core i7 870.
POV-Ray 3.73 beta 23 Ray Tracing Performance
POV-Ray is a popular, open-source raytracing application that also doubles as a great tool to measure CPU floating point performance.
I ran the SMP benchmark in beta 23 of POV-Ray 3.73. The numbers reported are the final score in pixels per second.
POV-Ray performance is nearly on par with the Core i7 870 and equal to that of the i7 920.
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blyndy - Saturday, September 19, 2009 - link
Intel Core i7 920214 / $284 = 0.75 SYSmarks per $
Intel Core i7 870
233 / $562 = 0.41 SYSmarks per $
Intel Core i7 860
223 / $284 = 0.79 SYSmarks per $
Intel Core i5 750
217 / 196 = 1.11 SYSmarks per $
AMD Athlon II X4 620
147 / 99 = 1.48 SYSmarks per $
yacoub - Saturday, September 19, 2009 - link
Your prices are wrong. The 860 is $230, which makes it 0.97 SYSmarks per $.The 750 is $160, which means 1.36 SYSmarks per $ by your measurement.
johnsonx - Saturday, September 19, 2009 - link
I just love it when someone quotes some below cost, loss-leader sale price they heard about somewhere once to prove a value arguement.yacoub - Saturday, September 19, 2009 - link
You mean "on-going, still valid sale prices that you can get today".stanljl - Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - link
Most of the US doesn't live reasonable close to the 21 cities that have microcenters. In cause you haven't looked there really aren't that many locations so "on-going, still valid sale prices you can get today", really doesn't apply to the vast majority of the people in the country.strikeback03 - Monday, September 21, 2009 - link
It is a valid price, but please add the disclaimer "If you have a microcenter nearby" instead of just pretending those are widely available prices. I plan on buying a processor when I help my parents move down near Philly next month, otherwise I (like most) don't have a Microcenter anywhere nearby.formulav8 - Saturday, September 19, 2009 - link
Yeah with only 2% of the people able to get one at near that price. Quoting an obvious loss leader as valid pricing for those looking it nutty. Newegg or ZZF is a much better gauge of price.NA1NSXR - Saturday, September 19, 2009 - link
Who cares, let him pay up. Nothing on P55 has made me regret getting that $200 D0 920. Nothing. Not even close. The OC, heat, and platform pricing advantages all failed to materialize.The 920 is not a 2.66Mhz bloomfield. It is a 3.8GHz chip supporting the fullest featured consumer platform at the moment.
kilkennycat - Saturday, September 19, 2009 - link
Where? Where? Where? From a reputable supplier and with in-stock delivery, of course.Newegg and ZipZoomFly: 860 $299
850 $199
mgivler - Monday, September 21, 2009 - link
Microcenter, for in-store purchase. I purchased an i7 860 last week for $229. The i5 750 is cheaper, $159 seems right.