CORE Or Boost? AMD's And Intel's Turbo Features Dissected

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By Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos
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Intel arms its Core i5 and Core i7 CPUs with Turbo Boost. AMD's hexa-core Phenom II X6 chips sport Turbo CORE. Both technologies dynamically increase performance based on perceived workloads and available thermal headroom. Which one does the better job?

Benchmark Results: 3DMark And PCMark Vantage

3DMark, a synthetic benchmark, realizes a slight advantage from Intel's architecture and Turbo Boost.

PCMark Vantage clearly shows that Intel’s approach delivers performance gains while AMD’s Turbo Core doesn’t seem to help as much.

Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos