Intel regains performance crown from AMD

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.