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Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz Processor Review
Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz Processor Review - PCSTATS
If you're a computer enthusiast, you're likely already familiar with Intel's Core i7 processors, which have been widely hailed as the fastest desktop processors available on the market today. Introduced at the end of 2008, Intel's newest desktop processors are finally maturing and becoming more accessible in the market. It's time to take a look a fresh look at the Core i7 processor.
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External Mfg. Website: Intel Aug 15 2009   J. Apong  
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32-Bit CPU Rendering Benchmarks: POV-Ray, 3.7, SPECviewPerf 10

POV-Ray 3.7 Beta 30 Source: POV-RAY

Ray-tracing is a rendering technique that calculates an image of a scene by simulating the way rays of light travel in the real world. In the real world, rays of light are emitted from a light source and illuminate objects. The light reflects off of the objects or passes through transparent objects. This reflected light hits our eyes or perhaps a camera lens. Because the vast majority of rays never hit an observer, it would take forever to trace a scene. Ray-tracing programs like POV-Ray start with their simulated camera and trace rays backwards out into the scene. The user specifies the location of the camera, light sources, and objects as well as the surface texture properties of objects, their interiors (if transparent) and any atmospheric media such as fog, haze, or fire.

Lower Render Times, and higher Pixel Per Second rendering values are best. Pov-ray is multi-threaded.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportPov-Ray 3.7 BETA 30
Render Time (sec) Seconds Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 113.8
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 360.42
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 382.88
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 98.69
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) 445.26
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 444.24
AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 400.52
AMD Athlon II X2 250 416.83
Render Average (Pixels Per Sec) PPS Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 2303.61
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 1445.39
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 1357.27
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 2656.37
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) 1751.71
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 1753.53
AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 1300.42
AMD Athlon II X2 250 1244.47

POV-ray is a surprise win for the Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition. The Core i7 tends to excel in these kind of raytracing tests, but AMD seems to have out-optimized Intel here.

SPECviewPerf 10 Source: POV-RAY

The SPECgpc project group develops and distributes SPECviewperf, which measures the 3D rendering performance of systems running under OpenGL. SPECviewperf measures the 3D rendering performance of systems running under OpenGL. The SPECopcSM project group has worked with independent software vendors (ISVs) to obtain tests, data sets and weights that constitute what is called a viewset. Each viewset represents the graphics rendering portion of an actual application. The ISVs that develop SPECopc viewsets have provided percentage weights for each test for which a performance number is reported. ISVs have defined these percentages to indicate the relative importance of a test within the overall application.

Higher results are better.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportSPECviewPerf 10
2core Catia Points Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 19.19
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 15.43
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 16.47
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 20.47
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) 14.91
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 14.41
AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 9.31
AMD Athlon II X2 250 17.48
2core Maya Points Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 38.57
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 33.21
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 34.3
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 34.08
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) 25.04
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 25.87
AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 31.3
AMD Athlon II X2 250 31.1
2core PROe Points Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 13.85
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 9.75
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 13.03
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 12.75
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) 10.34
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 12.94
AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 7.83
AMD Athlon II X2 250 9
4core Catia Points Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 13.54
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 15.3
4core Maya Points Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 35.4
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 27.18
4core PROe Points Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 11.2
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 10.06

I'll admit it: I have no idea what on earth SPECviewPerf 10 is actually testing, or what the different tests actually do. But here are some charts!

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Contents of Article: Intel Core i7 920
 Pg 1.  Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz Processor Review
 Pg 2.  Intel Core i7 Technology
 Pg 3.  CPU Power Consumption Tests
 Pg 4.  Overclocking Nahalem - eight cores, new architecture
 Pg 5.  32-bit CPU System Benchmarks: SYSMark 2007, PCMark Vantage
 Pg 6.  32-Bit CPU Synthetic Benchmarks: SiSoft Sandra Processor & Memory
 Pg 7.  32-Bit CPU Calculation Benchmarks: Super Pi, wPrime2.0
 Pg 8.  32-Bit CPU Calculation Benchmarks: ScienceMark2.3, WinRAR
 Pg 9.  32-Bit CPU Rendering Benchmarks: Cinebench R10, Bibble 5
 Pg 10.  — 32-Bit CPU Rendering Benchmarks: POV-Ray, 3.7, SPECviewPerf 10
 Pg 11.  32-Bit CPU Synthetic Gaming Benchmarks: 3DMark Vantage, 3DMark 06
 Pg 12.  32-Bit CPU Gaming Benchmarks: Crysis, FEAR
 Pg 13.  lots of power, is it what you want?

 
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