Benchmarks for different PC processors?

[zamar]

Hi,

I'm going to buy a new computer quite soon and just wondering which processor would be most useful for analysing chess. Are there any benchmarks for different CPUs available somewhere?

I guess candidates are:

Intel i7 xxx (fastest, but how much?)
intel Qxxx
AMD Phenom X4 xxxx

Any ideas?

[sje]

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPECint

And: http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/cpu2006.html

Note that the chess program sjeng is part of the benchmark.

[Howard E]

Fritz/cpu testing from Tom's Hardware.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/charts/de ... 1,837.html

[Gian-Carlo Pascutto]

You have to watch out with all mentioned benchmarks, because they include hyperthreading, and will overstate Core i7 performance.

[Terry McCracken]

You have to watch out with all mentioned benchmarks, because they include hyperthreading, and will overstate Core i7 performance.

That might be true but the top Corei7 is the best with maybe the exception of the top Core 2 Quad. The AMD lot is to be forgotten as Intel is way ahead of the competition.

[Robert Pope]

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPECint

And: http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/cpu2006.html

Note that the chess program sjeng is part of the benchmark.

I thought Crafty was one of the benchmark programs. Did sjeng replace it, or is Crafty part of a different benchmark?

[sje]

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPECint

And: http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/cpu2006.html

Note that the chess program sjeng is part of the benchmark.

I thought Crafty was one of the benchmark programs. Did sjeng replace it, or is Crafty part of a different benchmark?

The replacement was made a few years ago.

[Yar]

Hello,

Here is rybka's benchmarks on different hardware:
http://www.sedatchess.com/rybkabenchmarks.html

With best regards,
Yar