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Phenom II X2 550BE and Athlon II X2 250

Peter G. June 1, 2009 9:00 PM ET in Tech

PCMark Vantage

PCMark Vantage is a DirectX 10-only benchmark suite from Futuremark. It is multi-core aware and provides a variety of different tests that simulate real-world activities. I’ll be using the ‘Memories’ digital photo manipulation test as well as the ‘TV and Movies’ test. Both are very CPU intensive and can give even the latest processors a good run for their money.

phenom2_pcmvbench1

The default benchmark and resolution settings were used for both tests.

pcmark

Again, multimedia stuff like photo manipulation and video aren’t where these processors shine. They can’t compete against chips with more cores, more cache, or higher frequencies.

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4 Comments:

  1. Zuntar
    Modder extraordinaire
    2 Jun '09, 10:19 am

    On the Crysis High settings graph, the two processors reviewed are not on this graph. What am i missing?

    I am curious how these stand against the 7850 Kuma as well, but i know that can be inferred by other reviews. Any thoughts?

  2. Peter G.
    Dept. of Propaganda
    2 Jun '09, 10:50 am

    Fixed the graph. For some reason the graph didn't update when I put in the new processor data. The 7850 Kuma is clocked slower and runs hotter. Subtract a third of the X3 8750's performance and you'll get a good idea.

    I'd take these 45nm chips over the Kuma any day of the week.

  3. Gargoyle
    We can't stop here...
    2 Jun '09, 12:56 pm

    Nice review, Peter!

  4. Cliff_Forster
    Keepin it real
    2 Jun '09, 2:57 pm

    I recently purchased a Kuma 7750 for a budget build I was doing. For $59 and a free copy of "Call of Juarez" from newegg, you can't argue with it, but I will echo what Peter is saying, AMD's 45nm runs cooler, and offers a much easier overclock than the 65nm Kuma.

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