Test Results
Test Results:
Sandra – Processor Arithmetic
In the ALU test the Core 2 Quad starts out impressively against the Phenom II, scoring a respectable 5% advantage even with its 11% clock speed shortfall, and then cruising to a 15% win at overclocked speeds. Interestingly the effects of overclocking the NB of the Phenom II show a mild 2% increase, not much, but worthy of mention. Phenom II performs better in the floating point tests, but is still lagging behind the Q8200 in clock for clock comparisons and at stock frequency.
Sandra – Multimedia
The Phenom II scores a win in the integer tests, thanks to the tuned NB, which ekes out almost 3% for the Phenom II, putting it ahead of the Core 2 Quad by just under 1%. Not exactly a crushing victory, but I think the potential for further tweaks is definitely there. The floating point tests are a different story, as Intel matches the Phenom II at retail speeds, then pulls out an 11% lead when overclocked.
Sandra – Cryptography
The two CPUs score closely in both tests at factory clocks, indicative of Intels IPC (Instructions Per Clock) lead for this particular test, which is confirmed with 13% and 8% wins in the cryptographic and hashing tests, respectively.
Sandra – Memory Bandwidth
As expected, AMD’s integrated memory controller endows their CPU’s with barrel-loads of memory bandwidth, and the overclocked NB adds another 5% to an already impressive figure.
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