AMD's Phenom X3 Processors
PCMark Vantage
PCMark Vantage is a new Vista 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.
The Intel chips came out on top, but the X3 8750 surpassed the X2 6000+ with a 600MHz lower clockspeed.
The PCMark video test favors multi-cores more than the image manipulation test. Both the 8750 and 8650 came ahead of the Intel E8200.
Thanks for the review, Mike.
Very interesting.
It was great that you went the extra mile and cleared the "bad" core issue up with AMD. Go Mike!
These seem like a decent step up from the "X2" AMD processors. I'd personally like to see how they fold with an SMP client. Pretty encouraging for AMD, it's not beating intel soundly but the fab process definitely helps AMD to keep prices very competitive.
Learned lots thanks Mike!
Now I want one
As do I.
I'll have to wait and see-- can't afford such a machine in the next six months-- but will be interested to see how they spread and how popular they are. I am running a 2.66 GHz Intel processor now that was state of the art 4 years ago, due to the fact that I have no current applications that can use multiple cores in the versions I have.
but the fab process definitely helps AMD to keep prices very competitive
No, AMD prices are de facto set by Intel. AMD has no choice in the matter.
Correct but the fab process helps take some pressure off of being forced to set that low price, as in it is more affordable for AMD than if they didn't have their fab process.
Well. Three cores...I don't really know what to think of that... I remember when two cores meant two physical chips, back in the day of the Athlon MP's and dual P3 Slot rigs...MAN thsoe made powerful machines. But I wonder if XP will handle 3 cores...?
XP can handle however many cores CPU manufacturers can fit into two physical sockets.
core-rect