AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition CPU

Written by Richard Swinburne

July 2, 2009 | 11:23

Tags: #45nm #550 #am3 #benchmarks #black #cpu #ddr3 #e5200 #edition #ii #oc #ocing #overclocking #perform #performance #phenom #phenom-2 #phenom-ii #processor #review #x2

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Lavalys Everest

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Everest is a comprehensive suite of benchmarking tools that can gauge the theoretical performance of every sub-system and component of your PC. We use the Memory and Cache benchmark to see how data flows into and out of the CPU.

Open the application and go to the Tools menu. Then click Cache and Memory Benchmark and click the Start Benchmark button. Everest will test the speed of all levels of CPU cache as well as memory throughput.

Everest Read Test

  • Athlon X2 6000+ (2x3.4GHz, 1.1GHz HTT)
  • Athlon II X2 250 (2x3.9GHz, 2.4GHz NB, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Phenom II X2 550 BE (2x3.8GHz, 2.6GHz NB, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Core 2 Duo E7400 (2x4.2GHz, 1,600MHz FSB)
  • Phenom II X2 550 BE (2x3.1GHz, 2.0GHz NB, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Athlon II X2 250 (2x3.0GHz, 2.0GHz NB, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Athlon X2 7850 BE (2x2.7GHz, 1.8GHz NB, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Pentium Dual Core E5200 (2x4.0GHz, 1,333MHz FSB)
  • Athlon X2 7850 BE (2x3.1GHz, 2.0GHz NB, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Core 2 Duo E7400 (2x2.8GHz, 1,066MHz FSB)
  • Athlon X2 6000+ (2x3.1GHz, 1.0GHz HTT)
  • Pentium Dual Core E5200 (2x2.5GHz, 800MHz FSB)
  • 8932
  • 8767
  • 8532
  • 8121
  • 8090
  • 7481
  • 7344
  • 7076
  • 7021
  • 6318
  • 6300
  • 5737
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Everest Write Test

  • Athlon X2 6000+ (2x3.4GHz, 1.1GHz HTT)
  • Core 2 Duo E7400 (2x4.2GHz, 1,600MHz FSB)
  • Athlon II X2 250 (2x3.9GHz, 2.4GHz NB, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Phenom II X2 550 BE (2x3.8GHz, 2.6GHz NB, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Pentium Dual Core E5200 (2x4.0GHz, 1,333MHz FSB)
  • Athlon II X2 250 (2x3.0GHz, 2.0GHz NB, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Phenom II X2 550 BE (2x3.1GHz, 2.0GHz NB, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Athlon X2 6000+ (2x3.1GHz, 1.0GHz HTT)
  • Core 2 Duo E7400 (2x2.8GHz, 1,066MHz FSB)
  • Athlon X2 7850 BE (2x3.1GHz, 2.0GHz NB, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Athlon X2 7850 BE (2x2.7GHz, 1.8GHz NB, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Pentium Dual Core E5200 (2x2.5GHz, 800MHz FSB)
  • 9511
  • 8071
  • 7941
  • 7501
  • 7057
  • 7018
  • 6702
  • 6694
  • 5660
  • 5249
  • 4760
  • 4249
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Everest Copy Test

  • Athlon II X2 250 (2x3.9GHz, 2.4GHz NB, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Phenom II X2 550 BE (2x3.8GHz, 2.6GHz NB, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Phenom II X2 550 BE (2x3.1GHz, 2.0GHz NB, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Athlon II X2 250 (2x3.0GHz, 2.0GHz NB, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Athlon X2 6000+ (2x3.4GHz, 1.1GHz HTT)
  • Core 2 Duo E7400 (2x4.2GHz, 1,600MHz FSB)
  • Athlon X2 7850 BE (2x2.7GHz, 1.8GHz NB, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Athlon X2 7850 BE (2x3.1GHz, 2.0GHz NB, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Pentium Dual Core E5200 (2x4.0GHz, 1,333MHz FSB)
  • Athlon X2 6000+ (2x3.1GHz, `.0GHz HTT)
  • Core 2 Duo E7400 (2x2.8GHz, 1,066MHz FSB)
  • Pentium Dual Core E5200 (2x2.5GHz, 800MHz FSB)
  • 10699
  • 10682
  • 10116
  • 8990
  • 8634
  • 8392
  • 8244
  • 8023
  • 7415
  • 6260
  • 5910
  • 4698
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Everest Latency Test

  • Athlon X2 6000+ (2x3.4GHz, 1.1GHz HTT)
  • Athlon II X2 250 (2x3.9GHz, 2.4GHz NB, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Phenom II X2 550 BE (2x3.8GHz, 2.6GHz NB, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Phenom II X2 550 BE (2x3.1GHz, 2.0GHz NB, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Athlon II X2 250 (2x3.0GHz, 2.0GHz NB, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Athlon X2 7850 BE (2x2.7GHz, 1.8GHz NB, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Athlon X2 6000+ (2x3.1GHz, 1.0GHz HTT)
  • Core 2 Duo E7400 (2x4.2GHz, 1,600MHz FSB)
  • Athlon X2 7850 BE (2x3.1GHz, 2.0GHz NB, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Pentium Dual Core E5200 (2x4.0GHz, 1,333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Duo E7400 (2x2.8GHz, 1,066MHz FSB)
  • Pentium Dual Core E5200 (2x2.5GHz, 800MHz FSB)
  • 48.5
  • 49.8
  • 52.6
  • 54.9
  • 56.1
  • 57.4
  • 58.7
  • 61.4
  • 62.8
  • 70.6
  • 76.7
  • 82.4
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In terms of raw performance the X2 550 BE naturally performs very well, although the increment in northbridge clock speed and CPU performance does little to improve the read performance or latency that much - it's the copy and write performance where it's most benefiting.
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