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Expreview has managed to get their hand on an AMD Phenom X4 and an Intel Yorkfield based QX9650 and have run the two against eachother in Crysis to see which chip is the better one.
Also thrown in for comparison was an Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 and a Core 2 Extreme QX6850. As you might have already realised, the Intel chips are clocked a fair bit higher than the Phenom X4, so to make things a bit more even, the Phenom X4 was overclocked to 3GHz.
This is still not quite a fair comparison, as the Phenom X4 had it's memory running at 375MHz due to limitations of AMD's integrated memory controller which prevented it to run at 400MHz as per the Intel based test systems. The Phenom X4 system also had a lower bus speed, due to Intel's move to 1,333MHz bus.
The Phenom X4 was tested using an RD790 board while the Intel CPU's were tested on a P35 based board. The graphics card used wan an 8800 GTX and the test results are looking quite promising for AMD, at least if the Phenom X4's will retail below Intel's asking price. The only problem is that the Core 2 Duo E6850 seemed to outperform it.
The Crysis time demo was run 5 times and Expreview took the average of those runs, with the Phenom X4 scoring an average 46.48fps while the QX9650 managed 49.95fps. The Core 2 Duo E6850 scored an average of 49.19fps while the Core 2 Extreme QX6850 managed 49.92.
You can check out the full test results and some screen shots here in IE only as the site doesn't work in Firefox.
Phenom X4 vs. Yorkfield tested in Crysis
Also thrown in for comparison was an Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 and a Core 2 Extreme QX6850. As you might have already realised, the Intel chips are clocked a fair bit higher than the Phenom X4, so to make things a bit more even, the Phenom X4 was overclocked to 3GHz.
This is still not quite a fair comparison, as the Phenom X4 had it's memory running at 375MHz due to limitations of AMD's integrated memory controller which prevented it to run at 400MHz as per the Intel based test systems. The Phenom X4 system also had a lower bus speed, due to Intel's move to 1,333MHz bus.
The Phenom X4 was tested using an RD790 board while the Intel CPU's were tested on a P35 based board. The graphics card used wan an 8800 GTX and the test results are looking quite promising for AMD, at least if the Phenom X4's will retail below Intel's asking price. The only problem is that the Core 2 Duo E6850 seemed to outperform it.
The Crysis time demo was run 5 times and Expreview took the average of those runs, with the Phenom X4 scoring an average 46.48fps while the QX9650 managed 49.95fps. The Core 2 Duo E6850 scored an average of 49.19fps while the Core 2 Extreme QX6850 managed 49.92.
You can check out the full test results and some screen shots here in IE only as the site doesn't work in Firefox.
Phenom X4 vs. Yorkfield tested in Crysis