Efficiency: Optimizing The Clock Rate Of AMD's Phenom II X6
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Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos
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AMD’s six-core CPU is affordable (at least, compared to Intel's Core i7-980X). We're overclocking the Thuban design to see if its efficiency improves from faster clock rates. Comparisons to other quad- and hexa-core processors provide some perspective.
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Benchmark Results: Archiving Tools
WinRAR is thread-optimized, but it also requires high memory performance. AMD gets closer to Intel’s top models, but doesn’t reach their performance level. Again, keep in mind that we’re looking at huge price gaps between AMD and Intel, which positions its premium products several hundred dollars higher than AMD’s $300 flagship product.
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