AMD Triple-Core Phenom 8600 Benchmarks

oh dear.... they suck....

If the Cinebench score serves any indication of real world performance, Toliman 2.3Ghz falls behind E6750 in multi-CPU calculation, and falls even behind Phenom 9600 in terms of single core performance.
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2 [...] _qx9770/11

Weird though, that Phenom 2.3Ghz scores about the same as Toliman 2.3Ghz in Super Pi.

SuperPi is single threaded!

True, by disabling a core. Windows sees it as 3 CPUs.



How does that differ to a 'real' tri core, which also has a disabled core?

Roll up, roll up Thunderman...................


We need your input now.............

Except that the E6750 is being phased out, and by the time tri-core is released, it'll be competing against a faster E8400 at the same price as the existing E6750 (after all the damn price gouging subsides, obviously).

Did you try Google translations? It makes it fairly understandable at least.

What, you prefer double cheeseburgers instead?

I wonder what the graphic for a Tri Core Crossfire-X setup would be like. Would the metallic Spider be missing one leg?

Hope its cheap

triple cripple. that's bound to catch on. This is just like George W, should keep amd around awhile just for laughs!

Lol,

You can guess now that hes putting his little brain in to gear trying to retribute another flaming of AMD.....

I cant believe that a company can have this much bad luck... Its like paying 600 million dollar for a race horse thats turned blind, lost one of its legs, has constant diahreoh ( the **** ), has sores on its back, no tail, lost all its teeth and still tries to race in the Kentucky Derby.....

So here we go

2900 series video card - loud and slow compared to an over a year old card
3800 series - still slow compared to a 3 month old one let alone a year old one (8800gtx)
3870 x 2 - just pips the 8800 ultra after 2 3870 processors and over a year of new technology

Phenom , more like Sempron
Tri core - well forget it...... a faulty quad core which when a quad core works is faulty anyway !!!!!!! How much faulty can we stand....

Phenom - more bugs than the Chinese has in the Pentagon...


I would say that yes the Phenom as posted in another thread is possbile the worst processor release...

There is none available in the trade, so I can't even begin to try one, and I would if i could get my hands on one.
The promises, the lies, the bugs and speed problems for this little beauty have been beaten by a year old Quad 6600..

Drop the Phenom, make something else, you have lost so much credibility on this baby that most of us just dont care anymore.... Re use the ATI Banner, Call your Processors ATI Equinox Quad or ATI Phase processors or something by AMD , dont call it a Black Edition... Just make it overclockable from day one....and change the AMD logo to something other than that green colour monstrosity you have now.....

hehe...

If we use it in the future, we should convert over to the correct spelling, "Triple Cripple". But I'm happy either way.

I don't see why everyone is so down on AMD for going with the tri-cores.


If AMD dropped their dual core lineup down to total rock bottom (Sempron) , replacing the majority with x3s, then they would suddenly have a bottom end that can compete with Intel at a slightly higher price point.


It doesn't matter that Intel cannot do tri-core. AMD couldn't do quad core at all till Q4 last year... doesn't mean everyone slagged Intel does it?

Why bother comparing the triple cores to C2D? If each core is 17% to 25% better than an Athlon X2, then they're an incremental improvement for the AM2 upgrade market, plus a reasonable budget OEM CPU. I can see a salesman at Best Buy telling a customer that the lower priced AMD is better than the higher priced Intel box because it has 3 cores (he'll probably be named Nigel).

I'd thought they might be clocked higher than a B2 but I was wrong. The fastest triple core announced is 2.5 gigahertz, while the fastest B2 Phenom will be 2.6. So, they don't want to cut into their main market all that much. Don't hold your breath hoping that reported "second core" issue means they'll have enough headroom to overclock.

Hey TC, "triple cripple" LOL

Do you have an archive of jests you directed at the Prescott? Or are you channeling the grumpy dying architecture of your 939 Opteron? Sort of the "Sunshine Boys" of tech comedy?

If the triple cores aren't solely B2, then I'm tempted to get one to replace the two older X2's. I'll wait till 45nm Phenom at 3.2 and then see if it' worth it to go that route with a 790 board or just follow the herd and go with the least expensive Intel quad. It all depends on how much my conscience is acting up and what the regulators have determined regarding that OEM rebate program.

Tripple cripple was funny at first, its sltsdy been overused, let it die in this thread please. "where the beef?", "Bo know's!", yadda yadda

Why do the Chinese always run these benchmarks first? Or is it just that these are fake?

You know what else would be interesting? Seeing how a Phenom 8600 compares to an X2 6400+. AMD is not just competing against Intel, it is potentially competing against itself in this regard. Just like the E6750, the X2 6400+ will have similar multithreading performance (perhaps a touch lower) but due to higher clocks will significantly outperform the Phenom 8600 in single threaded tasks.

I just wounder what kind of reprecussions having one core disabled. After time do you think it could cause leakage maybe?

If it's true, no different to Intel and Nvidia slapping their logos all over the load screens and boxes games...
I'd care more about the performance than the company marketing it

"What kinda chip you got in there, a Dorito?"

What benches did you see? The Fudzilla 3DMark scores using an IGP?

It's a new age CPU for Joe Public buying PC's off WalMart shelves along with their daily groceries.

Just watch and see ... a dumb salesperson's dream ... an extra core plus it is cheaper than the dual core.

Hmm ... 3Cores "core3" gotta be better than core2 ... pfftt... how confusing ... think I'd better get the extra in case I need it (rationalising the labels on the boxes). Gee ... I'm clever ... <leaves shop with smile>

core2 ... core3 ... core2 quad ... triple core ... quad core ....

This should finally confuse just about everyone.

Chuck in a "quantispeed" just for measure ... heh heh.

The poor customer.

No wonder it is so funny to reply to those "Need new Build Advise" threads ... but we try ... because we were all noobs once ...

I hope the marketing spin helps them recycle plenty of these out into the world.

I hear you need to put an extra screw on the right hand side of the motherboard when you fit the 8xxx series cpu's ... the boxer motor is a bit lumpy with the 4th piston missing ... tends to cause the case to rattle a bit otherwise.

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I think what truly will be confusing is the naming. The Phenoms start at 9500 and it dgoes to 9550. well Inte has the Q9550. They might get the chips confused and mix them up.

Ahht that will be fun.

I loved his comments about OC'ing the Phenom.

Most review sites could only get the Phenom to hit 2.7 or 2.8 from 2.5 on reasonable voltages.
I did see one get to 3.0 on a massive 1.6v, but they did not do all of the benchmarks at that speed.
Again, even that is a voltage well over spec and likely to damage the CPU with continued use.

Then on the other hand, the Q6600 can usually hit 3.6 on reasonable voltages from 2.4.
To top that off, the Q6600 will be dropping in price in about 2 1/2 weeks.