Mathematica 5.2
For scientific calculations, we stuck to the Wolfram Research’s Mathematica 5.2. However, we succeeded in activating the software’s multithread optimisations and run one test where some calculations benefit: MathematicaMark2004 (integrated to the software).
This time, performance improvements are lower but still existent. Some might be surprised by the results obtained here and the Pentium EE is clearly less disadvantaged than in the past. It seems that the power required by this test is quite different than the one used in the past, and the consequences in terms of performances do not benefit AMD.
This test now uses the multithread and this gives an advantage to the EE and its 4 logic cores. This test also partly uses vectorization optimisations used in
Mathematica 5.2 and they work particularly well with Netburst architecture.
MathematicaMark2004 tests are Data Fitting, Digits of Pi, Discrete Fourier Transform, Matrix Egeinvalues, Elementary Functions, Gamma Function, Large Integer Multiplication, Matrix Exponential, Matrix Multiplication, Matrix Transpose, Numerical Integration, Polynomial Expension, Random Number Sort, Singular Value Decomposition, and Solving a Linear System.
WinRAR 3.61
The 3.51 is no more and welcome to WinRAR 3.61. This new version includes multithread optimisations. Beside this point, the test procedure is the same: a total of 588 MB of 493 Word and Excel files (69 MB), 22 Eudora e-mail box (251 MB) and one audio wav format (268 MB) file is compressed using the most advanced option.
Multithread optimisations of the latest version of WinRAR do not really improve the performances of the quad core, which increase 4% compared to the E6700. In the end, the QX6700 ends up behind the X6800.
