AMD processor efficiency tested

Posted on Monday, February 04 2008 @ 2:45 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
Tom's Hardware has another overview article, this time they took a look at the efficiency of AMD's processors. They check out a Sempron, Athlon 64 X2, Athlon X2 BE and Phenom processor.
While the comparison of different Intel processor generations revealed performance per watt improvements of over 400% if you compare the a 3 GHz Pentium 4 630 and a 3 GHz Core 2 Duo E6850, AMD only managed to improve its performance per watt ratio by less than 60% (Phenom quad core compared to the Sempron single core). The performance per watt results will be more impressive if you run intensive workloads; thread-optimized applications will benefit even more from multiple cores. However, we used the SYSmark 2007 Preview suite as it represents the majority of workloads applicable to a wide user base, and also because it does include some idle time, which we believe reflects real user behavior pretty well.
Check it out over here.


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Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.



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