DRAGON AGE ORIGINS

NORMAL QUALITY

AMD ATHLON II X3 455 AMD ATHLON II X4 620

WORLD OF WARCRAFT

NORMAL QUALITY

AMD ATHLON II X3 455 AMD ATHLON II X4 620

FINAL RESULT

COMMENT - "It was another close result this time between the AMD Athlon II X3 455 and AMD Athlon II X4 620 with each winning different benchmarks depending on their strengths. For the AMD Athlon II X3 455 it's strength is the extra 700Mhz Clock Speed advantage. For the AMD Athlon II X4 620 it's strength advantage is the Extra Core compared to the the AMD Athlon II X3 455. If your main interest is Video Creation then the AMD Athlon II X4 620 which has four cores is the one to get. For software which favours clockspeed then the AMD Athlon II X3 455 is superior because of the clock speed advantage of 700Mhz compared to the AMD Athlon II X4 620. In regard to General Computer use then the AMD Athlon II X4 620 is the winner by a very slim 1% over the AMD Athlon II X3 455. With Games Software which usually favours Clock Speed the AMD Athlon II X3 455 beats the AMD Athlon II X4 620 by 13% for good victory. Now we just have to work out which is best value for money and the AMD Athlon II X3 455 is atleast 19% cheaper then the AMD Athlon II X4 620. It was a close result but the AMD Athlon II X3 455 showed that a clock speed advantage is still important."

AMD ATHLON II X3 455 SCORES 10/10!

AMD ATHLON II X4 620 SCORES 9/10!