CPU Performance Test Results

Time taken for a CPU to transcode a 5.95GB MPEG-2 file to QuickTime in minutes (less is better)

  1. 2x Intel Xeon E5-2670 2.6GHz Sixteen-Core
    32nm Sandy Bridge Architecture
    9.3
  2. 2x Intel Xeon X5670 2.93GHz Twelve-Core
    32nm Nehalem Architecture
    10.6
  3. Intel Corei7-3930K 3.2GHz Six-Core
    32nm Sandy Bridge Architecture
    11.8
  4. Intel Core i7-3960X 3.3GHz Six-Core
    32nm Sandy Bridge Architecture
    11.8
  5. Intel Core-i7-990x 3.46GHz Six-Core
    32nm Nehalem Architecture
    13.6
  6. Intel Core i7-970 3.2GHz Six-Core
    32nm Nehalem Architecture
    13.8
  7. Intel Core i7-3770 3.4GHz Quad-Core
    22nm Sandy Bridge Architecture
    14.0
  8. Intel Core i7-2700K 3.5GHz Quad-Core
    32nm Sandy Bridge Architecture
    15.2
  9. Intel Core i7-2600 3.4GHz Quad-Core
    32nm Sandy Bridge Architecture
    15.4
  10. Intel Core i7-975 3.33GHz Quad-Core
    45nm Nehalem Architecture
    16.8
  11. Intel Core i7-950 3.06GHz Quad-Core
    45nm Nehalem Architecture
    19.0
  12. Intel Core i5-2300 2.8GHz Quad-Core*
    32nm Sandy Bridge Architecture
    22.3

*No Hyperthreading