From: Andy on
On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:44:01 -0800 (PST), muzician21
<muzician21(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

>I've got a P4 2.4 gig machine now running XP, largely want to improve
>rendering speed for video editing, how much processor do I need in the
>Core 2 Duo realm to realize a healthy jump in speed? Not too proud to
>go used, can't afford the latest greatest, but would like to see a
>"significant" jump in speed.
>
>What kind of numbers should I be looking for, and any suggestions on
>pieces to look for or avoid?
>
>Thanks for all input.

Some benchmarks:

Encode (P4 2.4G AOpen AX4C-Max):

PC User UserBench Encode 2009 Linux Edition benchmark
results
Developed by Darren Yates. Copyright 2007-2008, All rights
reserved.

Date Stamped: Thursday, April 23, 2009 08:17:31 AM

UserBench Encode 2009 score: 12.28

- audio component scores: 4m25s / 2.45MB/s / 10.74
- video component scores: 4m57s / 25.22fps / 13.65

Component results

MP3 encoding speed: 1.99MB/s Encoding time: 65.41secs
AAC encoding speed: 1.59MB/s Encoding time: 81.6secs
WMA encoding speed: 4.8MB/s Encoding time: 27.09secs
OGG encoding speed: 1.88MB/s Encoding time: 69.22secs
AC3 encoding speed: 5.94MB/s Encoding time: 21.93secs

MPEG2/AC3 encoding speed: 43.31fps Encoding time: 34.62secs
H.264/AAC encoding speed: 10.23fps Encoding time: 146.54secs
MPEG4/MP3 encoding speed: 35.62fps Encoding time: 42.09secs
WMV8/WMA8 encoding speed: 37.36fps Encoding time: 40.14secs
MPEG1/MP2 encoding speed: 44.31fps Encoding time: 33.85secs

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Encode090422-E8400-EP45-UDR3:

PC User UserBench Encode 2009 Linux Edition benchmark
results
Developed by Darren Yates. Copyright 2007-2008, All rights
reserved.

Date Stamped: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 03:42:39 PM

UserBench Encode 2009 score: 37.59

- audio component scores: 1m47s / 6.04MB/s / 26.42
- video component scores: 1m15s / 98.71fps / 53.43

Component results

MP3 encoding speed: 5.14MB/s Encoding time: 25.31secs
AAC encoding speed: 5.99MB/s Encoding time: 21.71secs
WMA encoding speed: 13.34MB/s Encoding time: 9.75secs
OGG encoding speed: 3.01MB/s Encoding time: 43.27secs
AC3 encoding speed: 16.77MB/s Encoding time: 7.76secs

MPEG2/AC3 encoding speed: 145.95fps Encoding time: 10.27secs
H.264/AAC encoding speed: 44fps Encoding time: 34.08secs
MPEG4/MP3 encoding speed: 129.41fps Encoding time: 11.59secs
WMV8/WMA8 encoding speed: 137.45fps Encoding time: 10.91secs
MPEG1/MP2 encoding speed: 164.77fps Encoding time: 9.1secs

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Encode(E8400-EP45-UD3R-RAMDisk):

PC User UserBench Encode 2009 Linux Edition benchmark
results
Developed by Darren Yates. Copyright 2007-2008, All rights
reserved.

Date Stamped: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 03:47:53 PM

UserBench Encode 2009 score: 40.78

- audio component scores: 1m33s / 6.94MB/s / 30.38
- video component scores: 1m15s / 99.16fps / 53.68

Component results

MP3 encoding speed: 5MB/s Encoding time: 26.04secs
AAC encoding speed: 5.99MB/s Encoding time: 21.72secs
WMA encoding speed: 13.79MB/s Encoding time: 9.44secs
OGG encoding speed: 4.52MB/s Encoding time: 28.79secs
AC3 encoding speed: 16.75MB/s Encoding time: 7.77secs

MPEG2/AC3 encoding speed: 150.9fps Encoding time: 9.93secs
H.264/AAC encoding speed: 45.13fps Encoding time: 33.23secs
MPEG4/MP3 encoding speed: 135.2fps Encoding time: 11.09secs
WMV8/WMA8 encoding speed: 139.55fps Encoding time: 10.74secs
MPEG1/MP2 encoding speed: 141.43fps Encoding time: 10.6secs

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