Core i5-661 CPU Review
PCMark Vantage
Contents
PCMark Vantage simulates the use of real-world applications and gives scores for the following categories:
- PCMark
- Memories
- TV and Movies
- Gaming
- Music
- Communications
- Productivity
- HDD
For a detailed description of each one of these tests, please download and read the PCMark Vantage Reviewer’s Guide.
You can see the results for each category below. We are not going to compare the results for the Memories and HDD suites.
Core i5-661 achieved an overall PCMark score 23% higher than Phenom II X4 965 with integrated video. Core i5-750 with a GeForce 9600 GT achieved the same performance level of the Core i5-661 using its integrated video. When we installed a GeForce 9600 GT with this CPU performance increased 6%, making it to be 4% faster than Core i5-750 and 16% faster than Phenom II X4 965, also with a GeForce 9600 GT installed.
On the TV and Movies benchmark Core i5-661 achieved the same performance level as Phenom II X4 965 with integrated video. A Core i5-750 with GeForce 9600 GT was 10% faster than Core i5-661 with integrated video. When we installed a GeForce 9600 GT performance increased 11%, making it to achieve the same performance level as Phenom II X4 965 and Core i5-750 with the same video card installed.
On the Gaming set the integrated video from Core i5-661 achieved a far higher performance (19% higher) than the integrated video from AMD 785G with a Phenom II X4 965. Installing a GeForce 9600 GT made the performance to increase 88%, showing how fast a GeForce 9600 GT is compared to this CPU integrated video. With this video card installed, Core i5-661 achieved the same pe
rformance level as Core i5-750, being 34% faster than Phenom II X4 965.
On the Music benchmark Core i5-661 achieved a performance a little bit (3%) higher than Phenom II X4 965 with integrated video and on the same level as Core i5-750 paired with a GeForce 9600 GT. Installing a GeForce 9600 GT increased performance a tiny bit (1.46%, which is statistically irrelevant), making all three CPUs to achieve the same performance level.
On the Communications tests we saw an impressive advantage to the new Core i5-661. Using its integrated video it was 43% faster than Phenom II X4 965 (with AMD 785G) and 52% faster than Core i5-750 (with GeForce 9600 GT). Installing a GeForce 9600 GT didn’t improve Core i5-661 performance, and under this scenario it was 35% faster than Phenom II X4 965 with the same video card installed.
And finally on the Productivity benchmark Phenom II X4 965 with integrated video was a little bit faster than Core i5-661 (4%). Installing a GeForce 9600 GT made all three CPUs to achieve the same performance level.