HEXUS.transcode and HEXUS.pro
More movie encoding comes way of TMPGEnc's MovieStyle, where we set it to convert a 200MiB 1080p clip into an iPhone-friendly 480x272-resolution file.
Whilst only being dual-core-threaded, too, it's significantly faster on the Q9450, taking advantage of its newer architecture.
CINEBENCH R10 is used to evaluate the prowess with respect to professional rendering. You may well know that the benchmark loves cores, capable of running 16 concurrently, and that's why it's over twice as fast as the dual-core HEXUS rig. Vindication, at last, that four cores can help.