i understand that phenom X6 not new CPU but it would be interesting if test will run on it - for now it give message:
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Corona 1.3 Benchmark Error
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Could not run Corona 1.3 Benchmark: Your processor doesn't support required features (SSE 4.1).
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The older benchmark supports it. You can check that and compare to those plattforms posted in the thread.
https://forum.corona-renderer.com/index.php/topic,559.0.htmlWhy a non SSE4.1 version was included is a mystery to me aswell.
SSE 4.1 was introduced only a generation later, with the bulldozer architechture, although ironically enough Phenom II to this day are faster with FPU performance, due IPS being higher, but core count lower.
You get a ~20% performance hit and do not support the embree kernel fully. Otherwise there is no difference.
edit: As far as I recall, one of my older machines, phenom II x6 1045T 2,7ghz was 1.2-1.3 mio rays/s on the old benchmark.
BTW, I know AVX didn't bring any really new improvments over SSE4.1 and using embree with AVX would screw over compatibility, but was corona ever tried out with AVX, the way embree was originally intended to be run? Was there a performance imporvement?
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