Performance Analysis: Phenom X4 9950 BE 13.8% Slower
Performance Analysis: Phenom I vs. Phenom II
The higher clock rate and larger L3 cache make a noticeable difference when comparing the first- and second-generation Phenom processors.
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AMD Phenom vs. Phenom II
Benchmark
Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition Vs. Phenom X4 9950 Black Edition
Crysis
18.5%
faster
Unreal Tournament 3
19.8%
faster
World in Conflict
16.5%
faster
Supreme Commander
1.5%
faster
AVG Anti-Virus 8
16.1%
faster
Winrar 3.80
15.9%
faster
Winzip 11
18.4%
faster
Acrobat 9 Professional
15.0%
faster
Photoshop CS 3
15.3%
faster
iTunes
19.0%
faster
Lame MP3
17.5%
faster
Studio 12
6.9%
faster
DivX
17.8%
faster
XviD
17.2%
faster
Mainconcept H.264
19.8%
faster
Premiere Pro CS3 HDTV
17.6%
faster
Cinema 4D Release 10
17.5%
faster
3D Studio Max 9
17.5%
faster
Fritz 11
18.1%
faster
Nero 8 Recode
19.0%
faster
Average:
16.3%
faster
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Great review. Maybe some overclocking later? There were some pretty high claims about its overclocking potential. I'll wait for AM3 before I retire my E6750.
The Q9xxx series would trump the PhenomII in all the categories listed above. THG, it was downright *criminal* to have not included the Yorkfield chips in your performance per dollar and performance per watt analysis.
hey bert/tom's:
good write up: thought id comment on i7 watts:
"we measured the power consumption directly from the 12 volt rail that supplied the CPU", i read somewhere the only i7 core logic gets power from 12v rail, the uncore/cache part somewhere else. if this is true, you going to do another measurements?
I'm so happy to see Intel has some competetion. While these new processors are not mind blowing, they offer some decent performance at the price given. I am sure this will lower the price of the q9400 and q9550, which is exactly what I want to see. Maybe even the i7s price will lower and maybe we will be back in the good days..where intel and amd flipped sides of the powerhouse like every 6 months..!! Good Write Up..
On the forums someone mentioned "why did they use DDR2-800 RAM when DDR2-1066 would give better performance for the Phenom II".Wouldn't this skew the benchmarks by a little bit (perhaps 2 to 3%)?