Encoding Performance

The AMD processors fair pretty well in HandBrake with the Phenom II X6 processors delivering an exceptional level of functioning given their price. The Phenom II X4 970 was less than 1fps faster than the 965, matching the performance of the Core i5 750.

Although it wasn't much faster than its predecessor, the Athlon II X4 645 offers exceptional value to those using video transcoder software such as HandBrake. For just $99 the Athlon Ii X4 645 is not a peachy deal slower than the Phenom II X4 and Cadre i5 processors while it outperformed the Core i5 650. The Athlon Ii X3 445 matched the Core i5 540 while the dual-core Phenom II X2 560 and Athlon II X2 265 were competitive with the Pentium G9650 and Core two Duo E8500 processors.

The AMD processors also perform well when testing with the x264 HD Criterion which is a synthetic programme. That said, this test does not utilize more than 4-cores when running the 2-pass 1280x720 encode test and therefore the Phenom Ii X6 and X4 processors evangelize similar performance when operating at the same clock speeds. The Phenom Two X4 970 stole the performance crown as the fastest AMD processor, while the ultra expensive Core i7 980 XE remained the fastest overall.

The Phenom Ii X6 1075T outpaced the Core i5 750 while it was slightly slower than the Core i7 930 and over again this placed information technology directly between the 1055T and 1090T processors.

The Athlon Two X4 645 displayed strong functioning and at half the cost of the Core i5 750 it almost delivered the same level of performance in this test. The Athlon Ii X3 445 was as well very impressive, outpacing the old Cadre 2 Quad Q9400. The dual-cadre processors tend to struggle when looking at encoding functioning and the large L3 cache of the Phenom II X2 560 does not aid it against the Athlon 2 X2 265 which is running at the same frequency.

The AMD processors don't perform as well in the TMPGEnc four.0 XPress conversion examination. In addition this program fails to utilize more than 4 cores placing the Phenom II X6 processors at a disadvantage. The Phenom II X4 970 was the fastest AMD processor despite merely improving on the conversion fourth dimension of the 965 by a mere 6 seconds. The Athlon II X4 645 was again impressive beating the Core i5 650 with a full conversion time of 10 minutes and 32 seconds.

The dual-cadre Phenom II X2 560 and Athlon Two X2 265 were again found mode down the lesser of our graph delivering a similar level of performance to the Pentium G6950 while the Core 2 Duo E8500 was slightly faster.