3D rendering isn’t an everyday task for a majority of PC users. It is important to remember, however, that the Core 2 Extreme QX6700 isn’t just meant for everyday users. The processor can also prove to be invaluable for professionals who run CPU intensive programs and need as much product efficiency as they can get.

Keeping that in mind, the Core 2 Extreme QX6700 had very strong results in rendering. In 3DS Max the QX6700 dominated with its four cores by impressive margins and maintained its performance throughout the remainder of the rendering tests.

The QX6700 also had sweeping victories in PovRay 3.7 and Cinebench 9.5. In PovRay, the QX6700 nearly had double the performance of the Core 2 Duo E6700 indicating that all four cores were actually being used. Looking at Cinebench’s multithreading tests, we see a huge jump for the QX6700’s score compared to what it had in single thread testing.