First Look: AMD's Phenom processors

Written by Richard Swinburne

December 13, 2007 | 09:00

Tags: #26 #22 #23 #24 #9500 #9600 #9700 #agena #analysis #benchmarks #cpu #encoding #ghz #mp3 #pcmark #performance #phenom #review #testing

Companies: #amd #divx

World in Conflict

Publisher: Sierra

World in Conflict

1024x768 0xAA 0xAF, Very High Quality, DX10

  • Core 2 Extreme QX9650 (4x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (4x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Duo E6850 (2x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Quad Q6700 (4x2.67GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Duo E6750 (2x2.67GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Quad Q6600 (4x2.40GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Phenom 9900 (4x2.6GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Athlon 64 X2 6400+ (2x3.20GHz, 1.0GHz HTT)
  • Phenom 9700 (4x2.4GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Phenom 9600 ES (4x2.3GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Phenom 9500 ES (4x2.2GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Athlon 64 X2 6000+ (2x3.00GHz, 1.0GHz HTT)
    • 51
    • 21
    • 49
    • 21
    • 44
    • 17
    • 40
    • 20
    • 39
    • 11
    • 37
    • 14
    • 34
    • 10
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    • 11
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    • 9
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    • 27
    • 9
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  • Average
  • Minimum

World in Conflict

1920x1200 0xAA 0xAF, Very High Quality, DX10

  • Core 2 Extreme QX9650 (4x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (4x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Duo E6850 (2x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Quad Q6700 (4x2.67GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Duo E6750 (2x2.67GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Quad Q6600 (4x2.40GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Athlon 64 X2 6400+ (2x3.20GHz, 1.0GHz HTT)
  • Phenom 9900 (4x2.6GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Athlon 64 X2 6000+ (2x3.00GHz, 1.0GHz HTT)
  • Phenom 9700 (4x2.4GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Phenom 9600 ES (4x2.3GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Phenom 9500 ES (4x2.2GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
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    • 27
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40
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  • Average
  • Minimum

World in Conflict is much the same, although while extra cores benefit a 3.2GHz, 6400+ will still outperform all current and even a future Phenom chip at both high and low resolutions.

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

Publisher: Activision

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

1280x1024 0xAA 0xAF, Maximum Details

  • Core 2 Extreme QX9650 (4x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (4x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Quad Q6700 (4x2.67GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Duo E6850 (2x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Quad Q6600 (4x2.40GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Duo E6750 (2x2.67GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Phenom 9900 (4x2.6GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Phenom 9700 (4x2.4GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Phenom 9600 ES (4x2.3GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Phenom 9500 ES (4x2.2GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Athlon 64 X2 6000+ (2x3.00GHz, 1.0GHz HTT)
  • 110.5
  • 107.5
  • 92.2
  • 91.8
  • 87.1
  • 83.4
  • 78.4
  • 74.6
  • 72.6
  • 70.9
  • 67.9
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125
Average Frames Per Second - higher is better

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

1920x1200, 0xAA 0xAF, Maximum Details

  • Core 2 Extreme QX9650 (4x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (4x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Duo E6850 (2x3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Quad Q6700 (4x2.67GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Quad Q6600 (4x2.40GHz, 1066MHz FSB)
  • Core 2 Duo E6750 (2x2.67GHz, 1333MHz FSB)
  • Phenom 9900 (4x2.6GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Phenom 9700 (4x2.4GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Phenom 9500 ES (4x2.2GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Phenom 9600 ES (4x2.3GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Athlon 64 X2 6000+ (2x3.00GHz, 1.0GHz HTT)
  • 85.3
  • 85.0
  • 82.5
  • 81.9
  • 79.9
  • 78.9
  • 75.2
  • 72.1
  • 69.4
  • 68.2
  • 65.8
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Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, while faster on a Phenom than Athlon 64 X2, is still slower than even dual and quad-core Intel Core 2 CPUs shown here. Again, it loses out because of a lack of raw CPU MHz.
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