The AMD Phenom X4 is in town

Just noticed that some PC stores are now carrying AMD Phenom X4 processors. These are the new quad core processors from AMD with the X4 9500 rated at 2.2GHz and the X4 9600 at 2.3GHz.

Wonder why AMD is still way delayed in this front (I’ve been an AMD fan for half a decade). The Intel Quad Cores (Q6600 @ 2.4GHz 8MB) are out for a year now and have gone down in price by half since July of last year.

The AMD Phenomâ„¢ 9000 series processors still run at 65nm and is dubbed by AMD as the true quad core since all the 4 cores are laid out on a single die, sports a 2MB L3 cache shared by all four cores and supports Socket AM2+ with 450 million transistors. The X4 9500 retails for Php13USD 0.22INR 19EUR 0.21CNY 2,00 and the X4 9600 at Php14,140USD 241INR 20,427EUR 229CNY 1,755.

Let’s take a quick look at how the AMD Phenom fair against Intel’s Kentsfield in the quad core arena:

Phenom Kentsfield

At 100MHz higher, the Intel Q6600 is even cheaper by almost Php2,000USD 34INR 2,889EUR 32CNY 248. Reviews from CNET isn’t even promising for AMD either. The L3 cache is yet to justify for an improved performance. The only contribution it obviously added was to the price of the chip.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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5 Comments

jhay says:

17 years ago

Local AMD fanboys must be welcoming this as a Valentine’s day treat. ;)

Though I was a bit surprised to find this chip selling higher than Intel’s. I always thought that AMD was cheaper and sometimes better. :P
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Abe Olandres says:

17 years ago

When the Intel Quads first came out, they were twice the current cost now. So, AMD is relatively cheaper from that end. My guess that the Phenom’s cost will slide a bit further in a couple of months.
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Kiven says:

17 years ago

Sadly performance wise, it isnt up to par with the Intel Quads. Especially if its priced closer/over to what intel is asking for its chips.

Q6600 pa din!
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ralph says:

17 years ago

may i ask what mother board will be compatible with this amd phenom x4 p600
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Lucien says:

17 years ago

Yehey! Go AMD + ATI! :-D

I’m waiting for their Fusion platform and 45nm multicore processors. Intel is only good for subnotebooks, just like VIA. LOL!

Just kidding…

But I do like AMD better. ;-)
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