Benchmarks: AMD's Phenom II

Kai Schmerer ZDNet Germany

Published: 30 Jan 2009

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Everest: Memory and arithmetic performance
Memory tests provide our first insight into the efficiency of the test systems. Thanks to its integrated memory controller, which has a three-channel memory controller, Intel's Nehalem Core i7 920 processor records the best memory performance by some distance. The new AMD processors deliver slightly lower throughput rates than Intel's Core 2 and Core 2 Quad chips.

Intel's quad-core processors come out top in the Everest FPU (floating-point unit) tests. AMD's Phenom II 940 performs well in the FPU Mandel and Sin-Julia tests against the Core 2 Quad 9550.

The AMD processors are competitive in teh CPU tests. The PhotoWorxx and the CPU Zlib tests put a big load on memory, so it's no surprise that the Phenom II chips score well compared to the Core 2 Quad 9550 with its frontside bus. However, the Phenom IIs trail behind Intel's newer Core i7 920.

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