PCMark Vantage
PCMark Vantage is a new Vista only benchmark suite from Futuremark. It is multi-core aware and provides a variety of different tests that simulate real-world activities.
I’ll be using the ‘Memories’ digital photo manipulation test as well as the ‘TV and Movies’ test. Both are very CPU intensive.
The Intel chips came out on top, but the X3 8750 surpassed the X2 6000+ with a 600MHz lower clockspeed.
The PCMark video test favors multi-cores more than the image manipulation test. Both the 8750 and 8650 came ahead of the Intel E8200.