Datacompression and rendering

Data compression

WinRAR, 4 x 70MB 48 Bit TIFF pictures to a 297 MB archive file
Intel Core I7-965 Extr. Edition, 3.2 GHz	77 sec
Intel Core I7-920, 2.66 GHz	89 sec
Intel Core2 Quad Extreme Q9650, 3.0 GHz	118 sec
Intel Core2 Dual E8600, 3.3 GHz	172 sec
Intel Core2 Dual E7200, 2.53 GHz	185 sec
less is better

7-Zip Kompression 64MB, results in MIPS (million instructions per second)
Intel Core I7-965 Extr. Edition 3.2 GHz	16030
Intel Core I7-920, 2.66 GHz	11726
Intel Core2 Quad Extreme Q9650, 3.0 GHz	10952
Intel Core2 Dual E8600, 3.3 GHz	6342
Intel Core2 Dual E7200, 2.53 GHz	4769
more is better

Datacompression performs on a Nehalem system up to 53 percent better.


Rendering

POV-Ray 3.7, All CPU Benchmark
IntelCore I7-965 Extr. Edition,3.2 GHz	62 sec
Intel Core I7-920,2.66 GHz	74 sec
IntelCore2 Quad Extreme Q9650, 3.0 GHz	103 sec
Intel Core2 Dual E8600, 3.3 GHz	187 sec
Intel Core2 Dual E7200,2.53 GHz	247 sec
less is better

POV- Ray 3.7, All CPU Benchmark, results in pixels per second (PPS)
Intel Core I7-965 Extr. Edition 3.2 GHz	4'164.52
Intel Core I7-920, 2.66 GHz	3'532.03
Intel Core2 Quad Extreme Q9650, 3.0 GHz	2'542.23
Intel Core2 Dual E8600, 3.3 GHz	1'398.71
Intel Core2 Dual E7200, 2.53 GHz	1'057.86

more is better

Cinebench R10 Multi CPU Rendering, Cinebench Score
Intel Core I7-965 Extr. Edition 3.2 GHz	19'046
Intel Core I7-920, 2.66 GHz	15'920
Intel Core2 Quad Extreme Q9650, 3.0 GHz	12'943
Intel Core2 Dual E8600, 3.3 GHz	7'963
Intel Core2 Dual E7200, 2.53 GHz	5'981
more is better

In both POV-Ray benchmarks Core i7 965 is at least 60 percent faster than Q9650 and in Cinebench it still is 47 percent.