I have always wanted a comprehensive rundown of multi-core processors' single-threaded performance. I would like to make a chart similar to my "silly cpu" chart that is based off passmark, but break down common processors since P4 and Athlon 64 days into single-threaded and dual-threaded scores.
Does anyone happen to know a good, common, and non-gaming benchmark that would work well for a single-threaded benchmark? And is there a similar benchmark that uses two cores well, but not any more than that?
Assuming I can find a good bench for both single and dual threads, I plan to break the processors down by generation as well, and have this all based off the P4 "Netburst Ghz." I think that would be really cool.
I haven't thought much on the generational thing yet, but I'll give my rough ideas off the top of my head:
Pentium 4 and AMD Athlon 64
Pentium D and AMD Athlon 64 X2
Core 2 Series and Phenom 1
Nehalem and Phenom 2
Sandy Bridge and Bulldozer, Llano
Does the above breakdown pretty much look right? Am I missing any or have any out of place? I know on some of them the start and/or end periods may be a little skewed compared to the other company, but I'm not too worried about that.
Does anyone happen to know a good, common, and non-gaming benchmark that would work well for a single-threaded benchmark? And is there a similar benchmark that uses two cores well, but not any more than that?
Assuming I can find a good bench for both single and dual threads, I plan to break the processors down by generation as well, and have this all based off the P4 "Netburst Ghz." I think that would be really cool.
I haven't thought much on the generational thing yet, but I'll give my rough ideas off the top of my head:
Pentium 4 and AMD Athlon 64
Pentium D and AMD Athlon 64 X2
Core 2 Series and Phenom 1
Nehalem and Phenom 2
Sandy Bridge and Bulldozer, Llano
Does the above breakdown pretty much look right? Am I missing any or have any out of place? I know on some of them the start and/or end periods may be a little skewed compared to the other company, but I'm not too worried about that.
