Benchmarks: Intel's first 45nm Penryn chip
Published: 11 Nov 2007
Image editing performance
To evaluate performance when running image-editing applications, we use the popular Panorama Factory program and the free Paint.Net tool. We also use the Java-based JAlbum, an HTML picture gallery containing 289 photos.
In these tests, the superiority of quad-core processors compared to the older single-core technology is evident. For example, with Paint Net, the 3GHz Pentium 4 takes 136.7 seconds to complete a task that the 3GHz quad-core QX9650 manages in just 21.3 seconds. With Panorama Factory, the new 45nm QX9650 delivers similar performance to its 65nm QX685 predecessor.
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