intel core i7 - Is Hyper-threading important in Adobe Premiere CS 4 - 5.5?

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2013-08
  • Xeoncross

    I have a copy of Adobe Premiere Pro CS 4 that has trouble playing back 1080p HD H.264 when I'm editing it on my C2Q Q8200 / 8GB RAM machine. It's really hard to work with video when you can't even play it back without it lagging and jumping.

    Anyway, I want to upgrade to a Core i5 2500k or i7 2600k to add more decoding power so that playback is in real-time. (I don't really care which can encode the finished video faster). However, only the i7 2600k supports Hyper-threading.

    So my question is, does the hyper-threading on the 2600k make it a much better choice than the 2500k for video editing? Can Adobe CS 4 (or CS 5.5 if I upgrade) even use the hyper-threading to improve playback - or would it just slow things down?

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  • David Schwartz

    The short answer is that HT almost never makes a significant performance impact. Intel claims 15% performance increases under ideal conditions. Compared to the difference between a modern Core i5 or Core i7 and an ancient Q8200, 15% is not worth worrying about. The i5-2500K has about twice the performance of the Q8200. The i7-2600K has almost three times the performance.



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    Alright, figured out my own question.

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  • WireGuy

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