Intel i7 or AMD hex-core for editing?

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MJoshi

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Hello,

I am looking at either buying or building a system which will allow me to do audio/video editing and rendering.

Would I be better off going for the Intel i7 920/930 or would the new AMD hex-core CPUs give me better performance at a much lower cost?

Thanks.
 
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It really depends on the software. Usually the 930 I7 is faster, but the AMD hex wins some.

BUT

The AMD platform cost is lower. Also, overclocking or stock ? In my case my 920@3.7 gets beat handily by my 1090T@4127 (30-50% in my app) with a $100 lower platform cost. This can vary a lot in performance, but usually always will be less expensive for the AMD setup.
 
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Vette73

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Yea you can get a good 870 chipset board for the AMD chip for $99 now, gigabyte. Most good intel boards cost more let alone the other requirments.

Check the software but for editing I lean AMD hex core for now.
 
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Marlin1975 said:
Yea you can get a good 870 chipset board for the AMD chip for $99 now, gigabyte. Most good intel boards cost more let alone the other requirments.

Check the software but for editing I lean AMD hex core for now.
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Mine is on a MA770T-UD3P for $80 ! The cheapest 1366 board is $170 !
 
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If you are going to run Adobe Premiere Pro CS5, all you need is a GTX 285. It will play back huge file types with layers on a Core 2 duo! Just google Mercury Playback Engine! If you have CS4 all you need to do is purchase the upgrade (like me) and get a GTX 285 (like I am trying to do on eBay but the person I bought mine from hasn't contacted me in 3 days - shade-bay) But get a 285 for Adobe Premiere Pro CS5
 
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I vote 6 core performance and cost. Got my 1055 and 890GX with 4gb of ddr3 for $315.
 
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From what I've been hearing the GTX 480 will eventually be supported by Mercury Playback Engine (MPE) by Q3 - The "hack" works with a few noted glitches but you can get alot of help in the Adobe Hardware forum Forum link.
 
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In heavy multi threading scenarios, the Phenom II X6 even outperforms the i7 870 which is a $530 processor!! AMD strong hold now is in multi media creation/encoding, ironic that it used to be the Intel's Stronghold in the Pentium 4 and Core 2 era.
 
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evolucion8 said:
In heavy multi threading scenarios, the Phenom II X6 even outperforms the i7 870 which is a $530 processor!! AMD strong hold now is in multi media creation/encoding, ironic that it used to be the Intel's Stronghold in the Pentium 4 and Core 2 era.
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The i7-9xx will probably still be faster (with HT on) than the 6 core AMD for video encoding. Not sure about video editing but I guess it will follow a similar pattern.
The total system price is where the decision making comes in. :)
 
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TheRyuu said:
The i7-9xx will probably still be faster (with HT on) than the 6 core AMD for video encoding. Not sure about video editing but I guess it will follow a similar pattern.
The total system price is where the decision making comes in. :)
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http://www.anandtech.com/show/3674/amds-sixcore-phenom-ii-x6-1090t-1055t-reviewed/6

"Applications like video encoding and offline 3D rendering show the real strengths of the Phenom II X6. And thanks to Turbo Core, you don't give up any performance in less threaded applications compared to a Phenom II X4. The 1090T can easily trump the Core i7 860 and the 1055T can do even better against the Core i5 750.

You start running into problems when you look at lightly threaded applications or mixed workloads that aren't always stressing all six cores. In these situations Intel's quad-core Lynnfield processors (Core i5 700 series and Core i7 800 series) are better buys. They give you better performance in these light or mixed workload scenarios, not to mention lower overall power consumption."

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/phenom-ii-x6-1090t_8.html#sect0

"There are a number of tasks where new AMD processors do really well. These are the tasks dealing with video processing and transcoding. This is where Phenom II X6 look way better than in all other cases, they even run faster than Core i7-860 or Core i7930. So if you work with media content a lot, we would strongly recommend you to consider the new AMD processors."

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...055t-1090t-six-core-processors-review-10.html

http://www.guru3d.com/article/phenom-ii-x6-1055t-1090t-review/13

But if we leave gaming out of the equation and look at content creation, 3D design, video transcoding etc where applications are heavily threaded then the Phenom II X6 1055T performs roughly at the level of a Core i7 860~870 ( 300~550 USD), and the 1090T closes in on the Core i7 950/965 (580/800 USD).
 
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intel lga1156 and amd plattform are pretty much identical in pricing and performance.
I just tried to compare a 1055 to a i5 750. they are very similar. the 1055 tends to win multithreaded benchmarks (but not all of them!!!) but always loses in lightly threaded workloads. for video encoding the 860 might be the better option because of HT.

Then it also depends what else you use it for.
I would also consider the energy consumption. If everything else is very similar why not just choose the more efficient one?
It's not about the money you save but also noise and room temp (in summer if you don't have ac).
 
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