Since I posted a Mac performance comparison last week, I’ve been thinking about doing a similar Windows performance comparison. One of the things that’s held me back is that it’s a lot harder to compare PC hardware than it is Mac hardware. While there are a small number of well-defined (and fairly homogenous) Mac hardware configurations, there are almost an infinite number of PC hardware configurations thanks to the openness of the PC platform.
How can you set up a meaningful comparison when dealing with such disparate hardware configurations?
I think the best answer is to look at the average performance for processors across all hardware combinations; averaging a large enough number of results should account for differences in hardware (like memory and motherboards).
So that’s what I’ve done. I’ve collected results from the Geekbench Browser, grouped them by processor, and calculated the average score for each processor. While this might not provide the most accurate results, it should give you a rough idea of what sort of performance you can expect from a particular processor.
Setup
Results were collected from Geekbench 2 for Windows running on PCs with at least 512 MB of RAM and with processors that weren’t overclocked.
I’ve reported the average overall score for each model and processor combination, where 1000 is the score a Power Mac G5 @ 1.6GHz would receive. Higher scores are better.
Results
| Intel Xeon X5355 Eight Cores @ 2.66 GHz |
6495 | |
| Intel Xeon E5345 Eight Cores @ 2.33 GHz |
5708 | |
| Intel Xeon X5340 Eight Cores @ 2.40 GHz |
5692 | |
| Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800 Four Cores @ 2.93 GHz |
4605 | |
| Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 Four Cores @ 2.66 GHz |
4280 | |
| Intel Xeon 5150 Four Cores @ 2.66 GHz |
4109 | |
| Intel Xeon X5355 Four Cores @ 2.66 GHz |
4049 | |
| Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Four Cores @ 2.39 GHz |
3771 | |
| Intel Xeon E5345 Four Cores @ 2.33 GHz |
3648 | |
| Intel Xeon 5160 Four Cores @ 3.00 GHz |
3530 | |
| Intel Xeon 3060 Two Cores @ 3.60 GHz |
3485 | |
| Intel Xeon 5130 Four Cores @ 2.00 GHz |
3293 | |
| AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 Processor Two Cores @ 2.06 GHz |
3202 | |
| Intel Xeon 5160 Two Cores @ 2.99 GHz |
3197 | |
| Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 Two Cores @ 2.94 GHz |
3181 | |
| AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ Two Cores @ 2.81 GHz |
2995 | |
| Intel Xeon 5120 Four Cores @ 1.86 GHz |
2935 | |
| AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ Two Cores @ 2.80 GHz |
2906 | |
| Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 Two Cores @ 2.66 GHz |
2901 | |
| AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Two Cores @ 2.59 GHz |
2719 | |
| Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Two Cores @ 2.39 GHz |
2672 | |
| AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 Processor Two Cores @ 2.60 GHz |
2639 | |
| AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Two Cores @ 2.59 GHz |
2630 | |
| Intel Xeon 5140 Two Cores @ 2.33 GHz |
2536 | |
| AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Two Cores @ 2.39 GHz |
2465 | |
| AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Two Cores @ 2.41 GHz |
2449 | |
| Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Two Cores @ 2.13 GHz |
2374 | |
| Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Two Cores @ 2.13 GHz |
2367 | |
| AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Two Cores @ 2.20 GHz |
2299 | |
| AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Two Cores @ 2.21 GHz |
2168 | |
| AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ Two Cores @ 2.10 GHz |
2132 | |
| Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 Two Cores @ 1.87 GHz |
2121 | |
| Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Two Cores @ 1.86 GHz |
2091 | |
| AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ Two Cores @ 1.60 GHz |
2071 | |
| AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Two Cores @ 1.99 GHz |
2050 | |
| Intel Pentium D 3.40GHz Two Cores @ 3.39 GHz |
2043 | |
| Intel Xeon 3040 Two Cores @ 1.86 GHz |
2025 | |
| Intel Pentium D 3.20GHz Two Cores @ 3.19 GHz |
1997 | |
| Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 Two Cores @ 1.79 GHz |
1955 | |
| AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 One Core @ 2.61 GHz |
1906 | |
| Intel Pentium D 3.00GHz Two Cores @ 2.99 GHz |
1854 | |
| Intel Pentium 4 3.60GHz Two Cores @ 3.59 GHz |
1782 | |
| AMD Athlon 64 3800+ One Core @ 2.40 GHz |
1742 | |
| Intel Pentium D 2.80GHz Two Cores @ 2.79 GHz |
1724 | |
| AMD Athlon 64 4000+ One Core @ 2.40 GHz |
1720 | |
| Intel Pentium 4 3.40GHz Two Cores @ 3.39 GHz |
1643 | |
| AMD Athlon 64 3700+ One Core @ 2.20 GHz |
1640 | |
| AMD Athlon 64 FX-53 One Core @ 2.39 GHz |
1635 | |
| AMD Athlon 64 3500+ One Core @ 2.19 GHz |
1603 | |
| Intel Pentium D 2.66GHz Two Cores @ 2.66 GHz |
1600 | |
| Intel Pentium 4 3.20GHz Two Cores @ 3.19 GHz |
1545 | |
| AMD Athlon 64 3400+ One Core @ 2.19 GHz |
1527 | |
| Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz One Core @ 2.99 GHz |
1496 | |
| AMD Athlon 64 3200+ One Core @ 1.99 GHz |
1465 | |
| Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz Two Cores @ 2.99 GHz |
1454 | |
| Intel Pentium 4 2.93GHz One Core @ 2.93 GHz |
1367 | |
| Intel Pentium 4 2.80GHz Two Cores @ 2.79 GHz |
1365 | |
| AMD Athlon 64 3000+ One Core @ 1.80 GHz |
1323 | |
| Intel Pentium 4 3.06GHz Two Cores @ 3.06 GHz |
1320 | |
| AMD Athlon 64 2800+ One Core @ 1.79 GHz |
1291 | |
| Intel Pentium 4 2.80GHz One Core @ 2.79 GHz |
1158 | |
| Intel Pentium 4 2.60GHz Two Cores @ 2.59 GHz |
1142 | |
| Intel Pentium 4 2.40GHz Two Cores @ 2.39 GHz |
1122 | |
| Intel Pentium 4 2.60GHz One Core @ 2.60 GHz |
1074 | |
| Intel Pentium 4 2.53GHz One Core @ 2.52 GHz |
1040 | |
| Intel Pentium 4 2.66GHz One Core @ 2.65 GHz |
1035 | |
| Intel Pentium 4 2.40GHz One Core @ 2.39 GHz |
923 | |
| Intel Pentium 4 2.20GHz One Core @ 2.19 GHz |
873 | |
| Intel Pentium 4 2.50GHz One Core @ 2.50 GHz |
822 | |
| Intel Pentium 4 2.26GHz One Core @ 2.26 GHz |
796 | |
| Intel Pentium 4 2.00GHz One Core @ 1.99 GHz |
753 | |
| Intel Pentium 4 1.80GHz One Core @ 1.79 GHz |
686 | |
| Intel Pentium 4 1.60GHz One Core @ 1.60 GHz |
668 | |
| Intel Pentium 4 1.70GHz One Core @ 1.70 GHz |
525 | |
| Intel Pentium 4 1.50GHz One Core @ 1.49 GHz |
498 |