Are there any bench test comparing 6 core with 4 cores?

[rbfeik]

Are there any bench test comparing 6 core with latest 4 cores? Video editing and rendering is my main area of interest.  Any info will be helpful

[RasterBlaster]

There are lots of sites out there that compare all processors against each other - performance vs. value etc...

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/

http://www.cpuspeedpro.com/

Just search Internet for "cpu" and "benchmark"

Here is a good article on benchmarking

http://askbobrankin.com/cpu_benchmarking.html

and wiki of course.

[old_geekster]

RB, I am not certain that HP has this type of information for the consumer.  However, I suggest trying Tom's Hardware and AnandTech to see if they have the data that you want.

[elitekita]

Here's a video encoding chart comparison from TomsHardware...

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/desktop-cpu-charts-2010/Video-Editing-Adobe-Premiere-Pro-CS5,2428...

[rbfeik]

Thanks I'll check the sites.

[elitekita]

My understanding, limited as it is, is that more cores help simultaeously run programs...

...intensive programs such as Photoshop and video editing don't need as many as 6 cores as much as they need POWER: cpu, Ram, hyperthreading, available scratch disk space...and faster hard drives (SSD being the latest used to run OS/programs...)

GAMES and NEWER versions of Photoshop will use power in the graphic card

...few games access more than 2 cores or use hyperthreading, grabbing most power from the video card...hence the popularity of 2-core gaming machines, overclocked of course, and powerful 3-D capable video cards 

Video editing would fall in the "intensive" use category....

All which is why you need to match the machine to your needs....