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AMD Phenom II 1090T vs. Intel Core i7 980X

yuga — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 05:06:03 +0000

We recently got to test two rigs — one from AMD and one from Intel. Both are the top of the heap in terms of the CPU. One is the AMD Phenom II 1090T and the other is Intel Core i7 Extreme 980X.

So we put them side by side and compare the basics. Here’s a comparative chart of the two CPUs.

Both CPUs have 6 cores running on the chip but Intel’s have 12 threads compared to 6 on the AMD. The Core i7 also has bigger L3 Cache at 12MB versus the 6MB on the Phenom II X6.

Performance wise, we got the sub-score of the CPU on Windows Experience Index and the CPU Mark for both. The 980x trumps the X6 1090T but more than double.

However, the suggested retail price of the CPUs are far apart. Intel’s Core i7 980X is an extreme edition is expected to sell around Php50,000. The Phenom II X6 1090T is affordable at Php13,500. I think the Core i7 930 would be a more apt comparison.

Intel Core i5 750 @ 2.66GHz

yuga — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:39:14 +0000

Intel Philippines today introduced the first processor under the Core i5 brand — a 2.66GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 750.

Intel Core i5 750
2.66 GHz (up to 3.20 GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology)
8 MB of Intel Smart Cache
2 channels of DDR3 1333 MHz memory
4 processing threads

The CPU has a retail price of Php10,988 over at Villman.

Intel Atom Z530 vs. Atom N270

yuga — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:53:21 +0000

After trying out the Sony Vaio P, I was curious whether there’s any performance difference between the Intel Atom Z530 and the Atom N270. Both chips run at 1.6GHz so I thought they’d have similar results with Super Pi.

Turns out my assumptions were wrong. Clock for clock, the Atom N270 beats the Z530 in Super Pi by as much as 35%. See chart below for the Super Pi results from 16k to 2M.

Numbers are in seconds so the lower the number, the faster the processor.

I can’t really account for the discrepancy in the results. Almost everything is similar between the Silverthorne and the Diamondville CPUs except maybe for the TDP (2.5W vs. 2W) and the package size (22x22mm vs. 13×14mm). I’m still trying to figure this one out.

Intel Core i7 940 CPU Benchmark

yuga — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:57:30 +0000

We got the chance to review Intel’s new Core i7 CPU. The processors we got was the 2.93GHz Core i7 940 with quad core processors and hyperthreading technology (HT). Check out the specs of the rig and the comparative charts we got.

The rig that was lent to me by Intel had the following specs:

Intel Core i7 940 2.93GHz
3GB DDR3 RAM
NVidia GeForce 9800 GTX

I then compared results with several other rigs lent to me by Intel and AMD (Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 @ 2.53GHz, AMD Phenom II 9950 X4 @ 2.6GHz and Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4GHz which I own).

SuperPi 2M:
Q6600: 52 seconds
Core i7 940: 29 seconds

Super Pi 32M:
Q6600: 23 mins. 9 secs.
Core i7 940: 12 mins. 17 secs.

With SuperPi 2M and 32M , the Core i7 940 scored between 79% to 88% better than the Q6600. The Core i7 performed better under higher stress with SuperPi 32M.

PCMarks Score
Intel Core 2 Duo E7500: 3633
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 GHz: 3774
Intel Core i7 940 2.93GHz: 5397
AMD Phenom X4 9950 2.6GHz : 4159

With PC Marks, the Core i7 940 performed 43% better than the Q6600 and 30% better than the Phenom 9950 X4.

The Core i7 920 2.66GHz has a price tag of Php16k at PC Express so I can only imagine the 940 to go as high as Php30k (based on SRP released by Intel Philippines).