Old processor it is but it certainly is still available for a little less than RM 200 at your local stores. Does it do the job well as a processor?

Specifications

Here’s a CPU-Z screenshot.

More details

Performance

Due to time constraint, I haven’t overclocked the processor.

Super PI 1.5 Mod

The value chosen for Super PI was 1M.

CINEBENCH R10

The benchmark was done with default settings. Here’s where you can download MAXON CINEBENCH R10.

X264 HD

The x264 HD Benchmark is a benchmarking tool created by graysky, a contributor at TechARP.

Simply put, it is a reproducible measure of fast your machine can encode a short, HD-quality video clip into a high quality x264 video file. It’s nice because everyone running it will use the same video clip and software. The video encoder (x264.exe) reports a fairly accurate internal benchmark (in frames per second) for each pass of the video encode and it also uses multi-core processors very efficiently. All these factors make this an ideal benchmark to compare different processors and systems to each other.

Thermal Performance

Tests were done with the stock heatsink.

Bear in mind that they both come with different stock heatsink, thus thermal comparison is just for reference sake.

Conclusion

Those benchmarks – they either mean something to you or they don’t.

Generally it’s a good enough processor, if you’re on a budget and need something that does the job that it’s good to go. I’m currently using this processor for my graphic design work and occasional computer gaming.

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