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AMD's suggested retail price for the Phenom II X2 550 processor is a mere $103 USD ($110 CDN, £62 GBP), which positions it right between Intel's 2.6GHz E5300 processor and the Core 2 Duo 2.8GHz E7400 processor. This makes it both an inexpensive, easy upgrade for those looking to drop it into an existing socket AM2+ motherboard. The 3.1GHz clockspeed and potential overclocking headroom....
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CPU Synthetic Gaming Benchmarks: 3DMark Vantage, 3DMark 06
3DMark
Vantage is a PC benchmark suite designed to test the DirectX10 performance of
your graphics card. We’ve been making 3DMark for over 10 years, with each new
edition using the latest 3D technology to determine real-world performance. A
3DMark score is an overall measure of your system’s 3D gaming capabilities,
based on comprehensive real-time 3D graphics and processor tests. By comparing
your score with those submitted by millions of other gamers you can see how your
gaming rig performs, making it easier to choose the most effective upgrades or
finding other ways to optimize your system.
Higher
results are better.
 Futuremark 3DMark08
Vantage 1.0.1 (higher better) |
| Performance Overall: (P) |
Points |
Ranking |
| Intel Core i7 920 |
7782 |
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| Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 |
6633 |
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| Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 |
4026 |
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| AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition |
7363 |
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| AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition
(DDR2) |
3730 |
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| AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition
(DDR3) |
3717 |
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 AMD Phenom II X2 550
Black Edition |
6232 |
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| CPU Score: |
Points |
Ranking |
| Intel Core i7 920 |
16399 |
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| Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 |
6578 |
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| Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 |
6250 |
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| AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition |
11011 |
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| AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition
(DDR2) |
7289 |
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| AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition
(DDR3) |
7299 |
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| AMD Phenom II X2 550
Black Edition |
5253 |
| | Since the Phenom II X3 720 Black
Edition processor was tested a few months before the testing of the Phenom II X2
550 Black Edition or the Phenom II X4 955, there have been some changes to the
overall test platform that will skew the results somewhat: the 720BE, E8400 and
E8500 were tested using a Geforce 8800GTS videocard, while the Phenom II X2 550
Black Edition, 955BE and Core i7 920 use a Geforce GTS 250 graphics card. This
is also true for the remaining videocards in this review.
3DMark08
Vantage is a multi-threaded benchmark, so the Core i7 920 gets huge marks thanks
to hyper-threading. The Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition is at the bottom of the
heap here, unable to keep up with the likes of the Core 2 Duo E8400 and E8500
processors.
3DMark06
is the worldwide standard in advanced 3D game performance benchmarking. A
fundamental tool for every company in the PC industry as well as PC users and
gamers, 3DMark06 uses advanced real-time 3D game workloads to measure PC
performance using a suite of DirectX 9 3D graphics tests, CPU tests, and 3D
feature tests. 3DMark06 tests include all new HDR/SM3.0 graphics tests, SM2.0
graphics tests, AI and physics driven single and multiple cores or processor CPU
tests and a collection of comprehensive feature tests to reliably measure next
generation gaming performance today.
Higher
results are better.
| Futuremark 3DMark06
1.1.0 (higher better) |
| Overall: |
Points |
Ranking |
| Intel Core i7 920 |
15134 |
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| Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 |
13789 |
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| Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 |
10196 |
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| AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition |
15060 |
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| AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition
(DDR2) |
9618 |
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| AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition
(DDR3) |
9609 |
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| AMD Phenom II X2 550
Black Edition |
12830 |
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| CPU: |
Points |
Ranking |
| Intel Core i7 920 |
4658 |
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| Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 |
2928 |
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| Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 |
2805 |
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| AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition |
4446 |
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| AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition
(DDR2) |
3281 |
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| AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition
(DDR3) |
3271 |
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| AMD Phenom II X2 550
Black Edition |
2490 |
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Futuremark's CPU scores for 3DMark06 again have the
Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition behind the Core 2 Duo processors, while the
multi-core processors scale to considerably higher performance levels.
Contents of Article: AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition
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Pg 1.
AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 3.1 GHz Socket AM3 Processor Review
Pg 2.
AMD Overdrive 3.0 - Black Edition Memory Profiles
Pg 3.
Overclocking, Power Draw and Test Specs
Pg 4.
CPU System Benchmarks: SYSMark 2007, PCMark Vantage
Pg 5.
CPU Synthetic Benchmarks: SiSoft Sandra Processor/Memory
Pg 6.
CPU Calculation Benchmarks: Super Pi, wPrime2.0, ScienceMark2, WinRAR
Pg 7.
CPU Rendering Benchmarks: Cinebench R10, Bibble 5
Pg 8.
CPU Rendering Benchmarks: POV-Ray, 3.7, SPECviewPerf 10
Pg 9.
— CPU Synthetic Gaming Benchmarks: 3DMark Vantage, 3DMark 06
Pg 10.
CPU Gaming Benchmarks: Crysis, FEAR
Pg 11.
Best Dual-Core Chip for $110?
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Futuremark 3DMark Vantage
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