Performance

Desktop performance

Extreme performance

Intel® Core™2 processor family

Technologies


Professional Image Editing

Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor

Intel® Core™2 Extreme Processor

The Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor QX9770 and Intel® X48 Chipset deliver the power and performance to enhance and showcase digital images. With the Intel Core 2 Extreme processor QX9770 you can spend less time waiting, and more time creating something amazing.

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Produce high-quality images

 

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Benchmark description

Adobe Photoshop* CS3 software helps users work more efficiently, explore new creative options, and produce high quality images. The workload for this application applies filters to 5 tiff images ranging from 11.3MB to 14.4MB. The photos are taken with a 5 megapixel Canon Powershot* S50 and have a resolution of 2592 x 1944. A web photo gallery is created with the 5 pictures after edits have been completed. This chart displays a normalized result to the Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor QX9650.

 

Create motion graphics and visual effects

 

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Benchmark description

After Effects* provides users with tools to enable delivery to different types of media from a streamlined interface. The workload applies different filters and effects to a variety of input file types. After each filter is applied, the composition is rendered to an uncompressed AVI movie file of the same resolution as the input file(s). This chart displays a normalized result to the Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor QX9650.

 

3D-image rendering using Cinebench* 10

 

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Benchmark description

Cinebench 10 is a test suite that assesses your computer's 3D-image rendering capabilities. This chart displays a normalized result to the Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor QX9650.