Higher Clock Speeds, No TLB Issues and Better Pricing: The New Phenom
by Anand Lal Shimpi on March 27, 2008 12:00 AM EST- Posted in
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High Definition Media Encoding
DivX 6.8 with Xmpeg
Our DivX test is the same one we've run in our regular CPU reviews, we're simply encoding a 1080p MPEG-2 file in DivX. We are using an unconstrained profile and enhanced multithreading is enabled.
DivX performance continues to be a strong suit of the Core architecture as even the dual core E6750 is able to outperform AMD's fastest Phenom.
Windows Media Encoder 9
Using Windows Media Encoder's advanced video profile we encode a 500MB AVI file, this is the same test we've run in other CPU reviews.
Things are much closer under Windows Media Encoder, with the Phenom X4 9850 actually equalling the performance of Intel's famed Core 2 Quad Q6600. And it's cheaper.
x264 Encoding with AutoMKV
Using AutoMKV we compress the same source file we used in our WME test down to 100MB, but with the x264 codec. We used the 2-pass Balanced encoding profile.
In our x264 encoding test AMD's Phenom X4 9850 is actually faster than the Core 2 Quad Q6600 and begins to nip at the heels of the much more expensive Q9300.
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Margalus - Thursday, March 27, 2008 - link
intel did not do "paper launch" of the wolfdale. They are just popular. If you can't find one, you aren't looking very hard. I've had an e8400 for over a month now, and have seen them in stock at multiple places since then.The Jedi - Monday, April 7, 2008 - link
Aside of the E8400 being faster than the E6850, they $#%@ed up the industry by pricing it considerably cheaper, creating massive demand, while being unprepared to fill that demand. The E8400 supplies dried up leading to scalping on eBay.Now supplies of the E8400 have returned and the price is around where it ought to be. Hopefully Intel will keep it together.
stinkyj - Thursday, March 27, 2008 - link
i see stock for 8400 too, but i see a wide variance in pricing. in stock == inflated price.sc3252 - Thursday, March 27, 2008 - link
Its nice to see some competition in the quad core arena. AMD isnt the fastest, but it does put out a competitive enough part for now. Hopefully in the next 3-4 months they will release faster cpu's to up the ante.mlau - Thursday, March 27, 2008 - link
The LDAP guys think the new Phenoms are quite impressive:http://connexitor.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=191">http://connexitor.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=191
They don't win against Intel on all irrelevant benchmarks (3dmark and
the other synthetic crap), but fare quite well in server workloads.