AMD Athlon II X3 435 2.9 GHz Socket AM3 Triple-Core Processor Review Enter the AMD Athlon II X3 435 processor, the focus of this PCSTATS review. It's a 2.9GHz triple-core socket AM3 CPU built on the Propus die. So is it better to get a dual core CPU, a triple-core CPU or a quad-core CPU?  74% Rating:    Table of Contents Filed under: CPU / Processors Published:  Author:  External Mfg. Website: AMD Oct 21 2009   J. Apong   Home > Reviews > CPU / Processors > AMD Athlon II X3 435

CINEBENCH is a real-world test suite that assesses your computer's performance capabilities. CINEBENCH runs several tests on your computer to measure the performance of the main processor under real world circumstances. The benchmark application makes use of up to 16 CPUs or CPU cores to render a photo-reaslistic image. The scene makes use of various CPU-intensive features such as reflection, ambient occlusion, area lights and procedural shaders. In the first run, the benchmark only uses one CPU (or CPU core), to ascertain a reference value. On computers that have multiple CPUs or CPU cores and on those who simulate multiple CPUs (via HyperThreading or similar technologies), MAXON CINEBENCH will run a second test using all available CPU power. Higher results are best. Cinebench is multi-threaded.

Cinebench R10 - Windows Vista 1 CPU (split between cores) Points Ranking Intel Core i7 920 3066 Intel Core i5 750 3033 Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3475 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3306 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (140W) 3066 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 2920 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) 2565 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 2570 AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 2843 AMD Athlon II X4 620 2264 AMD Athlon II X3 435 2509 AMD Athlon II X2 250 2686 AMD Athlon II X2 240e 2524 x CPU (full load all cores) Points Ranking Intel Core i7 920 12640 Intel Core i5 750 10655 Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 6732 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 6339 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (140W) 10955 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 10455 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) 7064 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 7104 AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 5518 AMD Athlon II X4 620 8164 AMD Athlon II X3 435 6697 AMD Athlon II X2 250 5205 AMD Athlon II X2 240e 4879

Cinebench is one of the few cases where the AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition is faster than the Athlon II X3 435 processor. The Athlon II X3 435 is also outpaced by the Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 by just a hair.

Cinebench R10 - Windows 7 1 CPU (split between cores) Points Ranking Intel Core i7 920 3090 Intel Core i5 750 3032 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3309 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (140W) 3101 AMD Athlon II X4 620 2262 AMD Athlon II X3 435 2500 AMD Athlon II X2 240e 2524 x CPU (full load all cores) Points Ranking Intel Core i7 920 12803 Intel Core i5 750 10706 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 6356 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (140W) 11173 AMD Athlon II X4 620 8179 AMD Athlon II X3 435 6689 AMD Athlon II X2 240e 4907

Cinebench scores actually do get a little better (.02% better), between the 8179 points the Athlon II X4 620 achieves in Windows 7 and the 8164 score it manages in Windows Vista.

Bibble 5.0	Source: Bibble Labs

Bibble 5 is a multi-threaded photographic workflow application that can be used to demonstrate the ability to scale work load across 4, 8, 16 or more processor cores. The basic process we will use for benchmarking is to convert a batch of 50 RAW image files from a digital SLR camera from their original RAW format to JPEG's at full resolution, using the applications default image settings.

Lower results are best.

Bibble 5.0 - Windows Vista Batch RAW-to-JPEG Conversion: (sec/Image) Ranking Intel Core i7 920 0.261 Intel Core i5 750 0.327 Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 0.585 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 0.61 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (140W) 0.345 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 0.377 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 0.623 AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 0.767 AMD Athlon II X4 620 0.486 AMD Athlon II X3 435 0.592 AMD Athlon II X2 250 0.822 AMD Athlon II X2 240e 0.82 Time to Complete 50 Photo's: (sec) Ranking Intel Core i7 920 13 Intel Core i5 750 16.4 Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 29.2 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 30.5 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (140W) 17.2 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 17.9 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 31.2 AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 38.3 AMD Athlon II X4 620 24.3 AMD Athlon II X3 435 29.6 AMD Athlon II X2 250 41.1 AMD Athlon II X2 240e 41

While this benchmark is multi-threaded, it tends to show the Athlon II X3 435 as being around the speed of Intel's Core 2 Duo E800 series processors.

Bibble 5.0 - Windows 7 Batch RAW-to-JPEG Conversion: (sec/Image) Ranking Intel Core i7 920 0.263 Intel Core i5 750 0.37 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 0.616 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (140W) 0.345 AMD Athlon II X4 620 0.48 AMD Athlon II X3 435 0.57 AMD Athlon II X2 240e 0.835 Time to Complete 50 Photos: (sec) Ranking Intel Core i7 920 13.2 Intel Core i5 750 18.5 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 30.8 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (140W) 17.3 AMD Athlon II X4 620 24 AMD Athlon II X3 435 28.5 AMD Athlon II X2 240e 41.8

Scores get a little bit better in Windows 7, but not much. The four-core Athlon II X4 620 is still a better value for intense multi-threading applications.

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