PC Performance (August 2007)

I updated the Mac Performance chart earlier today which means it's time to update the PC Performance chart. The latest chart includes a number of new processors:

  • AMD Athlon X2 6000+
  • Intel Celeron 430
  • Intel Pentium E2140
  • Intel Pentium E2160
  • Intel Core 2 Duo E4400
  • Intel Core 2 Duo E6550
  • Intel Core 2 Duo E6750
  • Intel Core 2 Duo E6850

Since this chart, like the last PC Performance chart, is based on results from the Geekbench Browser, there are a number of potential problems with the chart (like how do you account for differing hardware like motherboards and memory). I believe that by averaging results for each processor you can account for some (if not all) of the differences in hardware (like motherboards and memory); you might not get incredibly accurate results, but the results should give you a rough idea of the performance you can expect from a particular processor.

Setup

Results were collected from Geekbench 2 for Windows running on PCs with at least 512 MB of RAM and with processors that weren't overclocked.

I’ve reported the average overall score for each model and processor combination, where 1000 is the score a Power Mac G5 @ 1.6GHz would receive. Higher scores are better.

Intel Xeon X5365
Eight Cores @ 3.00 GHz
8295
 
Intel Xeon X5355
Eight Cores @ 2.66 GHz
6495
 
Intel Xeon X5340
Eight Cores @ 2.40 GHz
5692
 
Intel Xeon E5345
Eight Cores @ 2.33 GHz
5583
 
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800
Four Cores @ 2.93 GHz
4651
 
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700
Four Cores @ 2.66 GHz
4128
 
Intel Xeon X5355
Four Cores @ 2.66 GHz
4116
 
Intel Xeon 5150
Four Cores @ 2.66 GHz
4110
 
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Four Cores @ 2.40 GHz
3791
 
Intel Xeon E5345
Four Cores @ 2.33 GHz
3717
 
Intel Xeon 5160
Four Cores @ 3.00 GHz
3530
 
Intel Xeon 3060
Two Cores @ 3.60 GHz
3517
 
Intel Core 2 Duo E6850
Two Cores @ 3.00 GHz
3372
 
Intel Xeon 5130
Four Cores @ 2.00 GHz
3271
 
AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 Processor
Two Cores @ 2.06 GHz
3202
 
Intel Xeon 5160
Two Cores @ 2.99 GHz
3132
 
Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800
Two Cores @ 2.93 GHz
3131
 
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750
Two Cores @ 2.66 GHz
3062
 
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+
Two Cores @ 2.81 GHz
3034
 
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+
Two Cores @ 3.00 GHz
2981
 
Intel Xeon 5120
Four Cores @ 1.86 GHz
2971
 
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+
Two Cores @ 2.80 GHz
2901
 
Intel Core 2 Duo E6700
Two Cores @ 2.66 GHz
2888
 
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+
Two Cores @ 2.59 GHz
2717
 
AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 Processor
Two Cores @ 2.60 GHz
2649
 
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
Two Cores @ 2.40 GHz
2649
 
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+
Two Cores @ 2.59 GHz
2636
 
Intel Core 2 Duo E6550
Two Cores @ 2.33 GHz
2570
 
Intel Xeon 5140
Two Cores @ 2.33 GHz
2536
 
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+
Two Cores @ 2.39 GHz
2472
 
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+
Two Cores @ 2.41 GHz
2381
 
Intel Core 2 Duo E6420
Two Cores @ 2.13 GHz
2372
 
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400
Two Cores @ 2.13 GHz
2341
 
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+
Two Cores @ 2.20 GHz
2275
 
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+
Two Cores @ 2.21 GHz
2208
 
Intel Core 2 Duo E6320
Two Cores @ 1.86 GHz
2120
 
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+
Two Cores @ 2.10 GHz
2091
 
Intel Core 2 Duo E4400
Two Cores @ 2.00 GHz
2088
 
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300
Two Cores @ 1.86 GHz
2086
 
Intel Xeon 3040
Two Cores @ 1.86 GHz
2061
 
Intel Pentium D 3.40GHz
Two Cores @ 3.39 GHz
2059
 
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+
Two Cores @ 1.60 GHz
2057
 
Intel Pentium E2160
Two Cores @ 1.80 GHz
2051
 
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+
Two Cores @ 1.99 GHz
2044
 
Intel Core 2 Duo E4300
Two Cores @ 1.80 GHz
2009
 
Intel Pentium D 3.20GHz
Two Cores @ 3.19 GHz
1947
 
AMD Athlon 64 FX-55
One Core @ 2.61 GHz
1903
 
Intel Pentium D 3.00GHz
Two Cores @ 2.99 GHz
1841
 
Intel Pentium 4 3.60GHz
Two Cores @ 3.59 GHz
1773
 
Intel Pentium E2140
Two Cores @ 1.60 GHz
1754
 
AMD Athlon 64 3800+
One Core @ 2.40 GHz
1740
 
Intel Pentium D 2.80GHz
Two Cores @ 2.79 GHz
1739
 
AMD Athlon 64 4000+
One Core @ 2.40 GHz
1721
 
Intel Pentium 4 3.40GHz
Two Cores @ 3.39 GHz
1636
 
AMD Athlon 64 FX-53
One Core @ 2.39 GHz
1635
 
AMD Athlon 64 3700+
One Core @ 2.20 GHz
1625
 
AMD Athlon 64 3500+
One Core @ 2.19 GHz
1605
 
Intel Pentium D 2.66GHz
Two Cores @ 2.66 GHz
1581
 
AMD Athlon 64 3400+
One Core @ 2.19 GHz
1523
 
Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz
One Core @ 2.99 GHz
1496
 
Intel Pentium 4 3.20GHz
Two Cores @ 3.19 GHz
1476
 
Intel Celeron 430
One Core @ 1.80 GHz
1467
 
Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz
Two Cores @ 2.99 GHz
1444
 
AMD Athlon 64 3200+
One Core @ 1.99 GHz
1427
 
Intel Pentium 4 2.93GHz
One Core @ 2.93 GHz
1330
 
AMD Athlon 64 3000+
One Core @ 1.80 GHz
1324
 
Intel Pentium 4 2.80GHz
Two Cores @ 2.79 GHz
1322
 
Intel Pentium 4 3.06GHz
Two Cores @ 3.06 GHz
1296
 
AMD Athlon 64 2800+
One Core @ 1.79 GHz
1282
 
Intel Pentium 4 2.80GHz
One Core @ 2.79 GHz
1142
 
Intel Pentium 4 2.60GHz
Two Cores @ 2.59 GHz
1139
 
Intel Pentium 4 2.40GHz
Two Cores @ 2.39 GHz
1109
 
Intel Pentium 4 2.60GHz
One Core @ 2.60 GHz
1074
 
Intel Pentium 4 2.53GHz
One Core @ 2.52 GHz
1038
 
Intel Pentium 4 2.66GHz
One Core @ 2.65 GHz
1038
 
Intel Pentium 4 2.40GHz
One Core @ 2.39 GHz
918
 
Intel Pentium 4 2.20GHz
One Core @ 2.19 GHz
876
 
Intel Pentium 4 2.26GHz
One Core @ 2.26 GHz
856
 
Intel Pentium 4 2.50GHz
One Core @ 2.50 GHz
822
 
Intel Pentium 4 2.00GHz
One Core @ 1.99 GHz
758
 
Intel Pentium 4 1.80GHz
One Core @ 1.79 GHz
690
 
Intel Pentium 4 1.60GHz
One Core @ 1.60 GHz
621
 
Intel Pentium 4 1.70GHz
One Core @ 1.70 GHz
548
 
Intel Pentium 4 1.50GHz
One Core @ 1.49 GHz
498
 

 
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