Cinebench R10	Source: CINEBENCH

CINEBENCH is a real-world test suite that assesses your computer's performace capabilities. CINEBENCH runs several tests on your computer to measure the performance of the main processor under real world circumstances. The benchmark application makes use of up to 16 CPUs or CPU cores to render a photo-reaslistic image. The scene makes use of various CPU-intensive features such as reflection, ambient occlusion, area lights and procedural shaders. In the first run, the benchmark only uses one CPU (or CPU core), to ascertain a reference value. On computers that have multiple CPUs or CPU cores and on those who simulate multiple CPUs (via HyperThreading or similar technolgies), MAXON CINEBENCH will run a second test using all available CPU power. Higher results are best. Cinebench is multi-threaded.

Cinebench R10 (multi-threaded) higher better 1 CPU (split between cores) Points Ranking Intel Core i7 920 3066 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3306 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 2920 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) 2565 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 2570 x CPU (full load all cores) Points Ranking Intel Core i7 920 12640 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 6339 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 10455 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) 7064 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 7104

In Cinebench R10's multi-core test, we see the Phenom II X4's four cores in one of its showcase environments: 3D rendering. It's score is beaten by the Intel Core i7's processor's HyperThreading, which splits the rendering into eight threads instead of four. The Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition bests the AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition by a healthy margin.

Bibble 5.0	Source: Bibble Labs

Bibble 5.0 Batch RAW-to-JPEG Conversion: (sec/Image) Sec/Image Ranking Intel Core i7 920 0.261 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 0.610 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 0.377 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 0.623 Time to Complete 50 Photos: (sec) Seconds Ranking Intel Core i7 920 13.0 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 30.5 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 17.9 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 31.2

Bibble 5 seems to like multi-theaded processors for converting RAW camera images to JPEG image format. The AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition nearly halves the conversion time of the higher-clocked Intel Core 2 Duo E8400, (17.9 vs 30.5 seconds respectively).