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

  • AMD Athlon 64 FX-70
  • AMD Athlon 64 FX-74
  • AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+
  • AMD Phenom 9600
  • Intel Celeron 420
  • Intel Celeron 530
  • Intel Pentium E2180
  • Intel Core 2 Duo E4500
  • Intel Core 2 Extreme Q6800
  • Intel Core 2 Extreme Q6850
  • Intel Core 2 Extreme X9650

Since this chart, like the last PC Performance charts, 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.

Results

Intel Core 2 Extreme X9650
Four Cores @ 3.00 GHz
5539
 
Intel Core 2 Extreme Q6800
Four Cores @ 2.93 GHz
4909
 
Intel Core 2 Extreme Q6850
Four Cores @ 3.00 GHz
4732
 
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800
Four Cores @ 2.93 GHz
4655
 
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700
Four Cores @ 2.66 GHz
4224
 
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Four Cores @ 2.40 GHz
3893
 
AMD Phenom 9600
Four Cores @ 2.30 GHz
3851
 
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+
Two Cores @ 3.20 GHz
3420
 
Intel Core 2 Duo E6850
Two Cores @ 3.00 GHz
3285
 
AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 Processor
Two Cores @ 2.06 GHz
3202
 
Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800
Two Cores @ 2.93 GHz
3128
 
AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 Processor
Two Cores @ 3.00 GHz
3117
 
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+
Two Cores @ 3.00 GHz
3068
 
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750
Two Cores @ 2.66 GHz
3066
 
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+
Two Cores @ 2.81 GHz
3021
 
Intel Core 2 Duo E6700
Two Cores @ 2.66 GHz
2921
 
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+
Two Cores @ 2.80 GHz
2918
 
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+
Two Cores @ 2.59 GHz
2708
 
Intel Core 2 Duo E6550
Two Cores @ 2.33 GHz
2660
 
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
Two Cores @ 2.40 GHz
2658
 
AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 Processor
Two Cores @ 2.60 GHz
2640
 
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+
Two Cores @ 2.59 GHz
2639
 
AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 Processor
Two Cores @ 2.60 GHz
2547
 
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+
Two Cores @ 2.39 GHz
2488
 
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+
Two Cores @ 2.41 GHz
2410
 
Intel Core 2 Duo E6420
Two Cores @ 2.13 GHz
2402
 
Intel Core 2 Duo E4500
Two Cores @ 2.20 GHz
2398
 
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400
Two Cores @ 2.13 GHz
2341
 
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+
Two Cores @ 2.20 GHz
2268
 
Intel Core 2 Duo E4400
Two Cores @ 2.00 GHz
2251
 
Intel Pentium E2180
Two Cores @ 2.00 GHz
2226
 
Intel Pentium E2160
Two Cores @ 1.80 GHz
2186
 
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+
Two Cores @ 2.21 GHz
2140
 
Intel Core 2 Duo E6320
Two Cores @ 1.86 GHz
2124
 
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+
Two Cores @ 2.10 GHz
2105
 
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300
Two Cores @ 1.86 GHz
2100
 
Intel Pentium D 3.40GHz
Two Cores @ 3.39 GHz
2049
 
Intel Core 2 Duo E4300
Two Cores @ 1.80 GHz
2048
 
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+
Two Cores @ 1.60 GHz
2038
 
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+
Two Cores @ 1.99 GHz
2037
 
Intel Pentium D 3.20GHz
Two Cores @ 3.19 GHz
1944
 
AMD Athlon 64 FX-55
One Core @ 2.61 GHz
1887
 
Intel Pentium D 3.00GHz
Two Cores @ 2.99 GHz
1857
 
Intel Pentium 4 3.60GHz
Two Cores @ 3.59 GHz
1790
 
Intel Pentium E2140
Two Cores @ 1.60 GHz
1752
 
Intel Pentium D 2.80GHz
Two Cores @ 2.79 GHz
1742
 
AMD Athlon 64 3800+
One Core @ 2.40 GHz
1739
 
AMD Athlon 64 4000+
One Core @ 2.40 GHz
1726
 
AMD Athlon 64 FX-53
One Core @ 2.39 GHz
1635
 
AMD Athlon 64 3700+
One Core @ 2.20 GHz
1632
 
AMD Athlon 64 3500+
One Core @ 2.19 GHz
1601
 
Intel Pentium 4 3.40GHz
Two Cores @ 3.39 GHz
1587
 
Intel Pentium D 2.66GHz
Two Cores @ 2.66 GHz
1566
 
AMD Athlon 64 3400+
One Core @ 2.19 GHz
1521
 
Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz
One Core @ 2.99 GHz
1496
 
Intel Pentium 4 3.20GHz
Two Cores @ 3.19 GHz
1494
 
AMD Athlon 64 3200+
One Core @ 1.99 GHz
1441
 
Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz
Two Cores @ 2.99 GHz
1438
 
Intel Celeron 430
One Core @ 1.80 GHz
1384
 
AMD Athlon 64 3000+
One Core @ 1.80 GHz
1340
 
Intel Pentium 4 2.80GHz
Two Cores @ 2.79 GHz
1307
 
Intel Pentium 4 3.06GHz
Two Cores @ 3.06 GHz
1303
 
Intel Celeron 420
One Core @ 1.60 GHz
1285
 
Intel Pentium 4 2.93GHz
One Core @ 2.93 GHz
1265
 
AMD Athlon 64 2800+
One Core @ 1.79 GHz
1261
 
Intel Pentium 4 2.60GHz
Two Cores @ 2.59 GHz
1150
 
Intel Pentium 4 2.80GHz
One Core @ 2.79 GHz
1134
 
Intel Pentium 4 2.40GHz
Two Cores @ 2.39 GHz
1102
 
Intel Pentium 4 2.66GHz
One Core @ 2.65 GHz
1045
 
Intel Pentium 4 2.53GHz
One Core @ 2.52 GHz
987
 
Intel Pentium 4 2.60GHz
One Core @ 2.60 GHz
929
 
Intel Pentium 4 2.40GHz
One Core @ 2.39 GHz
923
 
Intel Celeron 530
One Core @ 1.73 GHz
898
 
Intel Pentium 4 2.20GHz
One Core @ 2.19 GHz
887
 
Intel Pentium 4 2.26GHz
One Core @ 2.26 GHz
870
 
Intel Pentium 4 2.50GHz
One Core @ 2.50 GHz
822
 
Intel Pentium 4 2.00GHz
One Core @ 1.99 GHz
756
 
Intel Pentium 4 1.80GHz
One Core @ 1.79 GHz
688
 
Intel Pentium 4 1.60GHz
One Core @ 1.60 GHz
618
 
Intel Pentium 4 1.70GHz
One Core @ 1.70 GHz
560
 
Intel Pentium 4 1.50GHz
One Core @ 1.49 GHz
498