Pentium D vs Athlon 64 X2 benchmark results?

GunsMadeAmericaFree

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I've seen the Athlon 64 X2 3 GHz version for about $233, and the Pentium D 3 GHz for about $90.

I've been told that the Athlon is a lot more powerful. However, I'd like to see some benchmarks.

Most of the time I do video compression. I primarily use Nero to compress to Nero Digital Mpeg4 & h.264 video.

On my 2 GHz Sempron 3000, I get about 65 frames per second of processing for Nero Digital Mpeg4. I also get about the same on my Athlon XP 2800+. My VIA C7 based system gives about 20 frames per second for Nero Digital.

How many frames per second does a Pentium D process compared to an Athlon 64 X2. I am coming from NTSC DVD source material. Thanks!
 

f4phantom2500

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Alex719, you are correct. a Pentium D 8xx is 2 Prescotts thrown together, and a 9xx is 2 Cedar Mills thrown together.
 

betasub

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