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AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 3.4 GHz Socket AM3 Processor Review
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 3.4 GHz Socket AM3 Processor Review - PCSTATS
AMD's 3.4GHz Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition processor represents a slight clock speed increase over the previous forerunner, the quad-core 955 Black Edition, and competes with Intel's existing quad-core family of socket 775 CPUs.
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External Mfg. Website: AMD Aug 19 2009   J. Apong  
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32-Bit CPU Calculation Benchmarks: Super Pi, wPrime2.0

Super Pi Mod 1.5 Source: SuperPI

SuperPI calculates the number PI to 1 Million digits in this raw number crunching benchmark. The benchmark is fairly diverse and allows the user to change the number of digits of PI that can be calculated from 16 Thousand to 32 Million. The benchmark, which uses 19 iterations in the test, is set 1 Million digits.

Lower calculation times are better. SuperPi is not multi-threaded.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportSuper Pi Mod 1.5 XS
1 Million Digits: (sec) Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 13.516
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 14.800
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 15.500
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 20.343
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 21.699
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) 24.500
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 24.398
AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 22.240
AMD Athlon II X2 250 25.865
8 Million Digits: (sec) Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 173.920
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 190.538
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 198.000
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 256.011
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 269.615
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) 0
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 301.923
AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 275.190
AMD Athlon II X2 250 288.464
16 Million Digits: (sec) Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 384.780
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 422.510
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 426.000
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 574.844
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 606.372
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) 0
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 671.513
AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 622.790
AMD Athlon II X2 250 637.423

The Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition is the best of the AMD processors tested in SuperPi at this point, but none of these processors can keep up with Intel's Core i7 or Core 2 Duo microprocessors. Remember, SuperPi is not multi-threaded and lower times are best.

wPrime 2.0 Source: WPrime

wPrime uses a recursive call of Newton's method for estimating functions, with f(x)=x2-k, where k is the number we're sqrting, until Sgn(f(x)/f'(x)) does not equal that of the previous iteration, starting with an estimation of k/2. It then uses an iterative calling of the estimation method a set amount of times to increase the accuracy of the results. It then confirms that n(k)2=k to ensure the calculation was correct. It repeats this for all numbers from 1 to the requested maximum.

Lower calculation times are better. wPrime is multi-threaded.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportwPrime 2.0
32 Million Digits (1 thread): (sec) Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 51.156
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 50.466
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 53.64
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 42.808
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 45.115
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) 52.354
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 51.901
AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 48.173
AMD Athlon II X2 250 49.827
32 Million Digits (2 thread): (sec) Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 25.828
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 25.49
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 27.078
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 21.656
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 22.682
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) 26.537
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 26.256
AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 24.242
AMD Athlon II X2 250 25.007
32 Million Digits (3 thread): (sec) Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 23.297
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 15.211
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 15.46
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) 18.219
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 17.936
32 Million Digits (4 thread): (sec) Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 13.954
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 11.639
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 11.84
32 Million Digits (all thread): (sec) Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 9.547
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 25.49
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 27.078
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 11.639
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 11.84
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) 18.219
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 17.936
AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 24.242
AMD Athlon II X2 250 25.007

wPrime 2.0 is a great multi-threaded benchmark for testing the number crunching capabilities of a processor. It fills in where SuperPi leaves off, and allows us to stress one core, or any number of cores up to the total amount in the processor. The CPUs benchmarked here range from two to four cores, so the most important result set to pay attention to is the final block (all threads).

While the 3.4GHz AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition processor is easily able to bear the Intel Core i7 920 when both processors are using four threads at a time, the Intel processor also runs in HyperThreading mode, which lets it crunch eight threads simultaneously and achieve the best results overall. Comparatively speaking, the 3.4GHz Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition edges out a slight advantage over the 3.2GHz Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition CPU across the board.

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Contents of Article: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition
 Pg 1.  AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 3.4 GHz Socket AM3 Processor Review
 Pg 2.  AMD Overdrive 3.0 and Dragon Platform
 Pg 3.  Core-by-Core System Power Draw
 Pg 4.  Black Edition Overclocking - Breaking 4.4GHz?
 Pg 5.  Test Specs + 32-bit CPU System Benchmarks: SYSMark 2007
 Pg 6.  32-bit CPU System Benchmarks: PCMark Vantage
 Pg 7.  32-Bit CPU Synthetic Benchmarks: SiSoft Sandra CPU / Memory
 Pg 8.  — 32-Bit CPU Calculation Benchmarks: Super Pi, wPrime2.0
 Pg 9.  32-Bit CPU Calculation Benchmarks: ScienceMark2, WinRAR
 Pg 10.  32-Bit CPU Rendering Benchmarks: Cinebench R10, Bibble 5
 Pg 11.  32-Bit CPU Rendering Benchmarks: POV-Ray, 3.7, SPECviewPerf 10
 Pg 12.  32-Bit CPU Synthetic Gaming Benchmarks: 3DMark Vantage, 3DMark 06
 Pg 13.  32-Bit CPU Gaming Benchmarks: Crysis, FEAR
 Pg 14.  Core i5 or Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition?

 
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