AMD's Athlon II X3 435 & New Energy Efficient CPUs: Killing Intel Below $90
by Anand Lal Shimpi on October 20, 2009 12:00 AM EST- Posted in
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DivX 8.5.3 with Xmpeg 5.0.3
Our DivX test is the same DivX / XMpeg 5.03 test we've run for the past few years now, the 1080p source file is encoded using the unconstrained DivX profile, quality/performance is set balanced at 5 and enhanced multithreading is enabled:
DivX encoding performance is hot on the heels of the Athlon II X4 620, but still slower. Once more we're about the same speed as the Phenom II X3 720.
x264 HD Video Encoding Performance
Graysky's x264 HD test uses the publicly available x264 codec (open source alternative to H.264) to encode a 4Mbps 720p MPEG-2 source. The focus here is on quality rather than speed, thus the benchmark uses a 2-pass encode and reports the average frame rate in each pass.
x264 encoding performance is noticeably slower than the quad-core offerings. Even the 2.3GHz 605e is faster than the X3 435. Compared to the equivalently priced dual-core options from Intel however, the Athlon II X3 435 is without a doubt the chip to get. If you're encoding video however, you're probably better springing for the $99 quad-core.
Windows Media Encoder 9 x64 Advanced Profile
In order to be codec agnostic we've got a Windows Media Encoder benchmark looking at the same sort of thing we've been doing in the DivX and x264 tests, but using WME instead.
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maddoctor - Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - link
Good, you have bought an Intel product, you will happy with it. I believe you will never buy AMD products, because their products are crap and can not win the benchmark.bupkus - Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - link
I have an AMD/ATI 4850 video card I bought a year and a half ago and it's working just fine. I don't expect Intel to have a competitive offering for a long time.maddoctor - Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - link
It will change with Larrabee. I believe you will buy Intel Larrabee, because simple choice will make you happy with Intel standards.maddoctor - Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - link
Yeah, I want it soon. Intel will crush them in the low end segment too. I want Intel own all PC Market if Intel have been successfully made AMD's cash empty. AMD is whine too much, so Intel must punish AMD until dead.bersl2 - Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - link
Successful troll is successful.kiwik - Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - link
I, for one, welcome our new Intel Overlords.stmok - Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - link
Look everyone! Its maddoctor! The counter-twin to snakeoil!Shilohen - Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - link
Ohh, I've never read anything from snakeoil yet so I was seeing him more like Intel's SiliconDoc.Eeqmcsq - Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - link
Boy, you're not kidding. Put those two together and there be fireworks.RubberJohnny - Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - link
It probably is snakeoil, he leaves out a couple of words here and there to make it sound like he comes from some non english speaking country instead of his mums basement...