Dual core shoot-out: Intel versus AMD
Published: 03 Nov 2005
Video and audio performance
With the exception of Nero Recode, the AMD processors come out top in all of the video tests. In fact, the entry-level Athlon 64 X2 3800+ beats the substantially more expensive Pentium EE 840 in the majority of these tests.
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| CPU | Athlon 64 X2 | Athlon 64 X2 | Pentium D | Pentium EE |
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| Model number | 3800+ | 4800+ | 820 | 840 |
| Mainconcept H264 (MPEG data) | 13m 16s | 11m 28s | 17m 15s | 15m 31s |
| Nero Recode (DVD) | 6m 14s | 5m 41s | 6m 34s | 5m 35s |
| MS Media Encoder 9 | 3m 19s | 2m 40s | 3m 48s | 3m 33s |
| Real Producer | 14m 4s | 11m 56s | 15m 28s | 14m 40s |
| TMPGEnc 3.0 | 5m 55s | 5m 6s | 7m 6s | 6m 41s |
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The picture is similar when we look at the table of audio results. Only in the FLAC decompression test are the Intel chips ahead of their AMD competitors. In all the other tests, AMD again emerges victorious.
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| CPU | Athlon 64 X2 | Athlon 64 X2 | Pentium D | Pentium EE |
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| Model number | 3800+ | 4800+ | 820 | 840 |
| FLAC (compress) | 123s | 97s | 153s | 133s |
| FLAC (decompress) | 32s | 27s | 29s | 25s |
| Monkey Audio (APE) compress | 51s | 44s | 61s | 54s |
| Monkey Audio (APE) decompress | 63s | 54s | 74s | 65s |
| iTunes (AAC, 192Kbps) | 2m 53s | 2m 23s | 3m 28s | 3m 03s |
| iTunes (MP3, 192Kbps) | 2m 7s | 1m 44s | 2m 21s | 2m 4s |
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