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CPU History Tour (1995 - 1999)

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See how various processors perform in application and gaming tests. This article is the first part of a large benchmark project. Part one covers CPU development starting with Pentium Classic and up to Pentium III and Athlon.




Ulead Video Studio 8

Uncompressed AVI encoding to MPEG1. Using PAL VCD preset. Source video: 6m:36s, resolution 352x288, 25 fps, 2.87 GB


Ulead Video Studio 8 – AVI -> MPEG 1 [s] (Lower is Better)


Athlon 600
604.9
Pentium III 600EB
672.5
Pentium III 500
750.4
K6-III 450
1 267.7
Celeron 533
1 373.0
Pentium II 450
1 458.1
K6-2 450 (non-cacheable)
1 460.5
K6-2 450 (MVP3)
1 493.6
K6-2 450
1 509.1
2 × Celeron 433
1 543.8
Celeron 433
1 603.0
K6-III 450 (MVP3)
1 669.3
Celeron 333
1 952.7
K6-2 300 (FSB 100)
2 023.0
Celeron 300
2 299.4
K6-2 300 (FSB 66)
2 415.9
2 × Pentium II 233 (SDR)
2 566.6
K6-2 233
2 615.6
2 × Pentium II 266 (EDO)
2 667.1
Pentium II 233
2 716.8
MII @ 300 MHz (PR433)
2 726.9
K6 233
2 920.7
Pentium 300 MMX
3 181.3
MII-333GP
3 203.0
K6 166
3 672.9
MII-233GP
3 968.4
Pentium 233 MMX
4 276.5
Pentium 166 MMX
5 353.0
WinChip C6 200
5 546.9
K6-III+ 577
0.0
6x86L PR166+
0.0
Pentium 166
0.0
Pentium Pro 200 (256k)
0.0
Pentium Pro 200 (1024k)
0.0
Pentium Pro 233 (1024k)
0.0
2 × Pentium Pro 233 (256k)
0.0
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CDex 1.51

Conversion of 13 WAV files to MP3 (total length 36m:37s). CDex utilizes the Lame encoder, used settings: high quality (q=2), 192 kb/s.


CDex 1.51 – WAV -> MP3 [s] (Lower is Better)


Pentium III 600EB
446.9
Athlon 600
468.1
Pentium III 500
564.8
Celeron 533
573.3
Pentium II 450
631.1
2 × Celeron 433
649.9
Celeron 433
683.6
K6-III+ 577
834.9
Celeron 333
872.1
2 × Pentium II 266 (EDO)
1 035.2
K6-III 450
1 059.3
K6-2 450 (MVP3)
1 103.0
K6-2 450
1 121.5
Celeron 300
1 130.0
2 × Pentium II 233 (SDR)
1 145.3
K6-2 450 (non-cacheable)
1 192.8
Pentium II 233
1 235.4
K6-III 450 (MVP3)
1 262.1
Pentium Pro 233 (1024k)
1 406.5
2 × Pentium Pro 233 (256k)
1 418.5
Pentium Pro 200 (1024k)
1 650.9
Pentium 300 MMX
1 670.9
K6-2 300 (FSB 100)
1 735.5
Pentium Pro 200 (256k)
1 784.4
K6-2 300 (FSB 66)
1 849.1
K6-2 233
2 199.2
Pentium 233 MMX
2 257.0
K6 233
2 528.1
Pentium 166 MMX
3 038.7
K6 166
3 500.0
Pentium 166
3 762.9
WinChip C6 200
5 943.7
6x86L PR166+
7 163.5
MII-233GP
0.0
MII-333GP
0.0
MII @ 300 MHz (PR433)
0.0
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FreeRIP MP3 Converter 4.5.2

Conversion of 13 WAV files to FLAC (total length 36m:37s). Using default application settings.


FreeRIP MP3 Converter – WAV -> FLAC [s] (Lower is Better)


Athlon 600
121.1
Pentium III 600EB
123.7
Pentium III 500
150.4
Celeron 533
180.4
Pentium II 450
183.1
K6-III+ 577
201.5
2 × Celeron 433
201.5
Celeron 433
203.8
K6-III 450
240.5
K6-2 450 (MVP3)
245.3
Celeron 333
249.1
K6-III 450 (MVP3)
282.7
K6-2 450
282.8
K6-2 450 (non-cacheable)
286.9
2 × Pentium II 266 (EDO)
310.9
2 × Pentium II 233 (SDR)
313.0
Pentium II 233
332.2
Celeron 300
362.0
Pentium Pro 233 (1024k)
363.5
K6-2 300 (FSB 100)
387.3
2 × Pentium Pro 233 (256k)
409.3
Pentium Pro 200 (1024k)
419.8
K6-2 300 (FSB 66)
453.9
K6-2 233
473.0
Pentium Pro 200 (256k)
484.7
Pentium 300 MMX
540.7
MII @ 300 MHz (PR433)
610.4
K6 233
661.0
MII-333GP
666.6
Pentium 233 MMX
724.7
K6 166
853.8
MII-233GP
936.8
Pentium 166 MMX
937.8
Pentium 166
1 121.3
WinChip C6 200
1 465.4
6x86L PR166+
1 607.8
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Summary – Multimedia Encoding [%]


Athlon 600
98.49
Pentium III 600EB
95.95
Pentium III 500
80.08
Celeron 533
63.05
Pentium II 450
59.48
2 × Celeron 433
56.02
Celeron 433
54.18
K6-III 450
46.75
Celeron 333
43.61
K6-2 450 (MVP3)
43.46
K6-2 450
40.92
K6-2 450 (non-cacheable)
40.36
K6-III 450 (MVP3)
38.16
K6-III+ 577
37.88
2 × Pentium II 266 (EDO)
34.93
2 × Pentium II 233 (SDR)
33.76
Celeron 300
33.10
Pentium II 233
31.63
K6-2 300 (FSB 100)
28.97
K6-2 300 (FSB 66)
25.30
K6-2 233
23.02
Pentium 300 MMX
22.72
Pentium Pro 233 (1024k)
21.70
2 × Pentium Pro 233 (256k)
20.36
K6 233
18.90
Pentium Pro 200 (1024k)
18.64
Pentium 233 MMX
16.89
Pentium Pro 200 (256k)
16.68
K6 166
14.47
MII @ 300 MHz (PR433)
14.01
Pentium 166 MMX
12.97
MII-333GP
12.35
MII-233GP
9.39
WinChip C6 200
8.90
Pentium 166
7.56
6x86L PR166+
4.59
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