AMD Phenom 9600
by Marc Prieur
Published on December 3, 2007
Nuendo 3
Something new in our test suite is Nuendo in version 3. This is a solution devoted to audio and post-production. The test consists of exporting a relatively heavy project to an audio file (thanks to DraCuLaX for the file).
K10 architecture does about 10% better than K8 in this test while the Phenom 9600 is at 92.3% of a Q6600.
Adobe After Effects CS3
We now move on to Adobe’s After Effects in its CS3 version. Here we apply various effects and filters in video editing and then compile the movie. It’s the compiling time that is measured. In this test, we obtained the lowest gain with K10 architecture at only 3.5% better. For this reason, the Phenom is very far behind Intel processors. The quad core adds little benefit here and is even behind the A64 X2 6400+.
