Athlon II X4 640 vs. Core i3 530 CPU Review
WinRAR
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We measured the time each CPU took to compress five high-resolution 48-bit uncompressed TIF images, each one with around 70 MB, to RAR format with the po
pular WinRAR application. The results below are given in seconds, so the lower the number the better.
On file compression using WinRAR with the integrated video enabled, both CPUs achieve the same performance. But curiously, when we installed a Radeon HD 5670 video card, the Core i3-530 performance improved and the Athlon II X4 640 performance decreased, making the Core i3-530 to be 7% faster than the Athlon II X4 640.