E8400 is 25% faster than Q6600 in Automkv?

[b_i]

That doesn't seem right....

[nurbs]

Hard to say if you don't post your settings. If you are using --b-adapt 2 the first pass in a 2-pass encode could be faster on the e8400 (just by looking at the processor frequency).

[buzzqw]

on xvid encoding... maybe.. not on x264

also.. as nurbs said.. log..

BHH