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PassMark Software has delved into the thousands of benchmark results that PerformanceTest users have posted to its web site and produced five Intel vs AMD CPU charts to help compare the relative speeds of the different processors. Included in this list are CPUs designed for servers and workstations (Intel Xeon and AMD Opteron processors), desktop CPUs (Intel Core2 and AMD Phenom processors), in addition to mobile CPUs.

Benchmark Test Description

CPU Benchmark results (“Baselines”) were gathered from users’ submissions to the PassMark web site as well as from internal testing. PerformanceTest conducts eight different tests and then averages the results together to determine the CPU Mark rating for a system.

To ensure that the full CPU power of a PC system is realized, PerformanceTest runs each CPU test on all available CPUs. Specifically, PerformanceTest runs one simultaneous CPU test for every logical CPU (Hyper-threaded); physical CPU core (dual core) or physical CPU package (multiple CPU chips). So hypothetically if you have a PC that has two CPUs, each with dual cores that use hyper-threading, then PerformanceTest will run eight simultaneous tests.... [ Read the entire article]

Notes Related to the Graphs

Rarely is a graph completely accurate in what it is representing. There are many factors that can skew the results and make a graph misleading. As such it is necessary to have some background understanding of the data being presented.

In the case of these CPU Benchmarks there are several factors to consider, such as different OS’s the CPU’s are running on and the possibility that users have overclocked their systems.... [ Learn more about the graphs]

Current Top Ten List

#1 [8-Way] Six-Core AMD Opteron 8435
#2 [Quad CPU] Intel Xeon X7460 @ 2.66GHz
#3 [Quad CPU] Intel Xeon X7350 @ 2.93GHz
#4 [8-Way] Quad-Core AMD Opteron 8354
#5 [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon W5580 @ 3.20GHz
#6 [Quad CPU] Quad-Core AMD Opteron 8360 SE
#7 [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon X5470 @ 3.33GHz
#8 [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon X5492 @ 3.40GHz
#9 [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon X5560 @ 2.80GHz
#10 [Dual CPU] Intel Xeon W5590 @ 3.33GHz

How to Add Your Own CPU

Download and install PerformanceTest.
Start PerformanceTest then from the menu bar select "Tests->Run All Tests".
Once the tests have run select "Baseline->Upload Baseline to Web".

Your results will not appear in the graphs immediately as the graphs are only updated once per day. Additionally, only CPUs of which there are at least two samples are included in the graphs.