[mythtv-users] Intel CPU comparison for encoding

[David Fishburn]

This may be useful for some of the Intel users out there.  This
article compared all the Intel CPUs for various tasks and monitored
the performance.

x264 Benchmark

The x264 Benchmark is the work of graysky here at Tech ARP. It
basically measures how fast the processor can encode a short
DVD-quality MPEG-2 video clip into a high-quality x264 video clip.
This is a two-pass encoding process and hence, the results will show
the encoding speed (in frames per second) for each pass.

http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=499&pgno=5

Some are better at encoding then others, so you might save some money
by choosing the right one for a MythTV system.

Enjoy.
Dave