Intel regains performance crown from AMD

Posted on Wednesday, March 08 2006 @ 21:47 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
Intel fanboys have been waiting for years for this moment, whereas AMD fanboys are now full of denial.

The company presented a system with a 2.66GHz (1067MB FSB) Conroe processor on a Intel 975X motherboard and compared it to an AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 overclocked to 2.80GHz on a DFI RD480 motherboard. Both systems used 1GB memory (the AMD system DDR400 and the Intel system DDR2-667) and a pair of CrossFire Radeon X1900 XT graphics cards.

Intel expects its Conroe processor will be about 20 percent faster than AMD's offering across all benchmarks.

Here are the benchmark results:
Quake 4 - r_useSMP = 0 (1280 x 960, high quality)
  • Intel: 184.3
  • AMD: 143.6

    Quake 4 - r_useSMP = 0 (1280 x 960, high quality)
  • Intel: 238.4
  • AMD: 207.5

    Half Life 2 - Lost Coast (1280 x 1024, high quality)
  • Intel: 147.6
  • AMD: 112.8

    Unreal Tournament 2004 (1280 x 1024, high quality)
  • Intel: 191.8
  • AMD: 160.4

    Fear average FPS(1280 x 1024, max effects, high graphics quality)
  • Intel: 186
  • AMD: 132

    Fear minimum FPS (1280 x 1024, max effects, high graphics quality)
  • Intel: 78
  • AMD: 63

    Fear highest FPS (1280 x 1024, max effects, high graphics quality)
  • Intel: 532
  • AMD: 350

    Windows Media Encoder 9 with Advanced Profile
  • Intel: 66s
  • AMD: 75s

    DiviX 6.1 - Unconstrained/Balanced Codec Settings
  • Intel: 31s
  • AMD: 44s

    iTunes 6.0.1.3
  • Intel: 65s
  • AMD: 73s
  • More details can be read at AnandTech.




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