Strongest AMD CPU Per Core?

[nightly1029]

To start, I have a AMD 1100T 3.3GHz Thuban 6-core Black Edition. The processor is great, I have no issues running new games, but problem is actually running old names. Emulated games to be specific.

PS2 and Gamecube emulators, among others, are very taxing on one or two cores, because that is all the cores the programs can utilize. I know it's sort of ironic asking for the strongest per core, then specifying AMD, but I am not willing to buy a new motherboard at this point.

So my question is, what is the strongest per-core AMD processor? Would I be better off with a quad-core or an eight-core? Is this all moot because Intel>AMD?

 

[CTurbo]

Yes. Moot point. A lowly Pentium g3220 @ 3.0ghz is stronger than almost every AMD in existence in single core performance.

 

[NormH]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113282

fasted 2 core amd i could find. and not a terrible on board gpu if you crossfire it.

 

[CTurbo]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113335

This^ is a newer and faster version of that cpu. But neither will fit in his motherboard.

I think the FX 4350 is what he's looking for, but I would get the FX 6300 for the same price.

 

[Avro Arrow]

Honestly, while you will get better IPC with a piledriver chip, I think that your best bet would be to disable 4 cores on your 1100T and overclock the remaining two cores to the moon. A simple $50 water-block cooler should do the trick.

 

[nightly1029]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113335

This^ is a newer and faster version of that cpu. But neither will fit in his motherboard.

I think the FX 4350 is what he's looking for, but I would get the FX 6300 for the same price.

Thank you very much. Could you explain the differences between the FX 6300 and an eight-core like an FX-8350? Does the number of cores diminish the strength per core?

 

[nightly1029]

Honestly, while you will get better IPC with a piledriver chip, I think that your best bet would be to disable 4 cores on your 1100T and overclock the remaining two cores to the moon. A simple $50 water-block cooler should do the trick.

That sounds very interesting, I am going to look into this. I have never manually overclocked my processor, especially with disabling cores, so I am not sure how high I can go with just the two cores enabled. How high up do you think would be effective but stable?

 

[chairsgotoschool]

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html

select single core performance and it should give an idea. looks like a piledriver is your best bet without having to get a new mobo, and excluding the 9xxx series. id get the 6300 and overclock it, they overclock pretty well.

also from what I've seen all piledrivers are the same but with more or less cores and higher or lower clock speeds. so if a 4300 4350 6300 6350 8320 and 8350 were all clocked at the same speed their single core performance would be the same.

look at this
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/700?vs=697
look at the games and cinebench single thread as those use 4 or less cores, the 2 cpus score pretty close but one is clocked .5ghz higher and has 8 cores vs 4 cores. as stated by CTurbo the 6300 is about the same price as the 4300 and 4350 so its probably your best choice

 

[nightly1029]

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html

select single core performance and it should give an idea. looks like a piledriver is your best bet without having to get a new mobo, and excluding the 9xxx series. id get the 6300 and overclock it, they overclock pretty well.

also from what I've seen all piledrivers are the same but with more or less cores and higher or lower clock speeds. so if a 4300 4350 6300 6350 8320 and 8350 were all clocked at the same speed their single core performance would be the same.

look at this
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/700?vs=697
look at the games and cinebench single thread as those use 4 or less cores, the 2 cpus score pretty close but one is clocked .5ghz higher and has 8 cores vs 4 cores. as stated by CTurbo the 6300 is about the same price as the 4300 and 4350 so its probably your best choice

Very informative, I appreciate it, thank you. That comparison opened my eyes, I had no idea this website existed. I put the 6300 up against my 1100T and they were damn close to equal on most games and single-thread cinebench, however the 1100T pulled ahead in any area of multi-threading. I guess my best bet is just to do the ol' switch to Intel, huh?

 

[chairsgotoschool]

Yeah switching to intel is probably best if you need the single core performance, just look at my first link. The best amd single thread is the 9590 which i dont even consider a cpu anyone would want to buy because of its price and its just an 8350 clocked higher. then intel has the 3570 and 4670 which the 4670 is just barely out of the top 10 and then the 4770 in the top 5 for single thread performance. If you really need the single thread power then intel is the way to go, but I'm puzzled, I've emulated ps2 and gamecube fine with my 6300, are you sure the cpu is the part limiting you?