Athlon 64 X2 Energy Efficient Processors

The WorldBench 5 Photoshop 7 benchmark module is next.  Other than Nero and perhaps Office XP, Photoshop is probably one of the more popular applications for our readership so we place a bit more stock in these numbers.

 

WorldBench 5.0: Photoshop 7 Module
Real-World Application Performance

 

 

The Core 2 Duo once again reins supreme by a long shot, a full minute plus faster than the A64 X2 5K+. However the 4600+ puts up a real nice showing against the Pentium EE 965 and as we illustrated earlier, it does so with dramatically less power draw and radiated heat.


David Altavilla

David Altavilla

Dave Altavilla is the founder, Editor In Chief and Publisher of HotHardware.com. With decades of experience as a semiconductor sales engineer, Dave Altavilla founded HotHardware.com over 25 years ago. Dave is also a published contributor to various technology-based publications and is a featured Tech Analyst expert on various network media shows. 

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