This test didn’t surprise me at all given Intel’s core deficit.
Handbrake
This is an encoding using the 1080P fast 30 preset. The only changes made to the application were disabling of GPU acceleration. The video was a 4K video at 4 minutes and 42 seconds in length.
The Intel systems are rather close here. The increased core count makes little difference until you see the AMD results.
POV-Ray 3.7
We see more of the same in this test with Intel being at a disadvantage. However, we can see that clock speed helps somewhat as the results from our all core overclock were somewhat better than at stock.
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