Thread: 1366 i7 vs. 1156 i7?

Is LGA1366 i7 superior to that of the LGA1156 one? If so, in what aspect?

Does HT give more than 10% performance enhance?

The LGA1366 i7 is better equipped for multi-GPU operation, while the LGA1156 is not perfect for that role. IIRC, all of Core i7s offer HyperThreading.

I am aware of that. I just wonder how well the HT can improve the performance.

Will the i7 with HT on beat the i7 with HT off by 10%?

Depends on the applications. In gaming, you won't see much difference, if at all, between HT on and off. In other applications, such as video encoding, you may see a noticeable difference between them.

In gaming, its been shown that HT actually gives worse performance, by trying to do the extra threading, it actually is slower than just using the core threads.

What exactly is video encoding? Is it just video format conversion? If so, what software do you guys use for it? Thanks

Encoding is the process of converting an original video file to another format, usually with some level of compression involved. Transcoding is essentially the same as encoding but usually refers to the 2nd or more conversion to another format, but you could use it in the same way as encoding. The two terms are often interchanged.

The software you use depends on:

1) Your budget(if you buy commercial software)
2) What your input files are
3) What output file you want (note that many files are just containers that can store data in several different formats, like MP4 and AVI)
4) Whether you want CPU or GPU (CUDA/Stream) transcoding.
5) Whether you also want an integrated video editor/transcoder