Phenom vs. Athlon Core Scaling Compared

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System Hardware
Processors AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ (3.0 GHz, dual core)Windsor F3 core, 90 nm (2x 1 MB L2 cache)AMD Phenom 9000 engineering sample (up to 2.8 GHz, quad core)Agena B2 core, 65 nm (4x 512 kB L2 cache, 2 MB L3 cache)
AMD PlatformSocket AM2 Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe, Rev.1.02GAMD 790FX, BIOS : 0603 (11/30/2007)
Memory 2x 1 GB Corsair DDR2-800CM2X1024-8888-C4D, Timings CL4-4-4-12
DVD-ROM Samsung SH-D163A , SATA150
Graphics Card Gigabyte Radeon HD 3850 GV-RX385512HGPU : 670 MHzMemory : 512 MB DDR3 (830 MHz, 256 Bit)
Hard Drive Western Digital Caviar 16SE, WD5000AAKS500 GB, 7,200 RPM, 16 MB cache, SATA/300 with NCQ
Sound Card Integrated
Power Supply Coolermaster RS-850-EMBA, ATX 12V V2.2, 850 W
System Software & Drivers
OS Windows Vista Enterprise Version 6.0 (Build 6000)
DirectX 10 DirectX 10 (Vista default)
DirectX 9 Version : April 2007
Graphics Driver ATI Catalyst Version 7.11 (54440)
AMD Chipset Driver Version 3.0.642 (28/11/2008)
Java Java Runtime Environment 6.0 Update 1
Patrick Schmid
Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.