We decoded an 11 minute deleted scene from a DVD into QuickTime format for playing on iPods. The Phenom 955 gets about a good extra 20 seconds from the 940.

Valve particle benchmark tests how well processors handle rendering tons of particles on screen with multiple processors. The Phenom 955 again does about 10% better.

Valve Map creation renders a Valve map again we see similar performance from our other general performance benchmarks.

World in Conflict is a popular real-time strategy game with an intense engine. The 955 blows out the 940 here and Penryn.

Cinebench also uses all four cores and we see results that reflect that in our benchmarking.

Similar pattern in 3D rendering with Pov-RAY.