Athlon II X4 640 vs. Core i3 530 CPU Review
Photoshop CS4
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The best way to measure performance is by using real programs. The problem, though, is creating a methodology using real software that provides accurate results. For Photoshop CS4, there is a methodology created by the folks at GamingHeaven that is very accurate. Their script applies a series of 15 filters to a sample image, and we wrote down the time taken for each filter to run. At the end, we have the results for each individual filter and we simply add them up to give the total time taken to run the 15 filters from the GamingHeaven batch. The results below are given in seconds, so the lower the number the better.
On Photoshop CS4, using the CPU or the motherboard integrated graphics enabled, the Core i3-530 was 16% faster than the Athlon II X4 640. Adding a Radeon HD 5670 to both systems didn’t change the results, and the Core i3-530 was still 16% faster than the Athlon II X4 640.