Rendering Performance

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 Yorkfield Processor Review - Processors 51


Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 Yorkfield Processor Review - Processors 52

We have been quoted as saying that Pov-Ray is the poster child of multi-threaded processing and we stick by our remarks!  The amount of improvement you get in moving from 2 to 4 cores is impressive: 107% in our case here comparing the X6800 to the QX9650. 

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 Yorkfield Processor Review - Processors 53

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 Yorkfield Processor Review - Processors 54

CineBench rendering software has been another staple of multi-threaded testing and is a tool that most companies use to benchmark their hardware.  What is really impressive here is how the Yorkfield core is able to improve on the QX6850 – the new QX9650 is more than 10% faster when running at the same FSB and clock speed.
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