Core i5-2500K vs. Phenom II X4 975 BE CPU Review
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We used iTunes to convert an uncompressed .wav file into a high-quality (160 Kbps) MP3 file, and checked how many seconds each CPU took to perform this operation. Therefore, the results below are given in seconds, so the lower the number the better.
The Core i5-2500K was the fastest CPU for MP3 converting, being 36% faster than the Phenom II X4 975 (3.6 GHz) and 38% faster than the Core i5-661 (3.33 GHz) and the Phenom II X4 970 (3.5 GHz).