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AMD PHENOM II X2 560 VS AMD ATHLON II X4 645 REVIEW

"We are benchmarking the AMD Phenom II X2 560 CPU against the AMD Athlon II X4 645 CPU. The AMD Phenom II X2 560 is clocked at 3300Mhz and the AMD Athlon II X4 645 is clocked at 3100Mhz. An advantage for the AMD Phenom II X2 560 is the 6MB Level 3 Cache and the AMD Athlon II X4 645 has none. We will be using Benchmarks for testing the AMD Phenom II X2 560 and AMD Athlon II X4 645 which are:- Cinebench, Everest, Geekbench, Novabench and Nuclearus. Games are Hawk 2 and Lost Planet 2. It will be an interesting fight between the Dual Core AMD Phenom II X2 560 and the Quad Core AMD Athlon II X4 645."

AMD PHENOM II X2 560


SYSTEM INFORMATION
PROCESSOR AMD PHENOM II X2 560
AMD ATHLON II X4 645
MOTHERBOARD FOXCONN A76ML-K 3.0
VIDEO CARD SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 6850
AMD DRIVER CATALYST v11.8 WHQL
MEMORY PATRIOT 4GB PC3-12800 DDR3
OPERATING SYSTEM WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE

HAWK 2

NORMAL QUALITY

AMD PHENOM II X2 560162
AMD ATHLON II X4 645145

HIGH QUALITY

AMD PHENOM II X2 560114
AMD ATHLON II X4 645104

AMD PHENOM II X2 560 AMD ATHLON II X4 645

COMMENT - "Hawk 2 is a new game and the AMD Phenom II X2 560 beats the AMD Athlon II X4 645 by 11% with Normal Quality and by 9% with High Quality."


LOST PLANET 2

NORMAL QUALITY

AMD PHENOM II X2 560143
AMD ATHLON II X4 645138

HIGH QUALITY

AMD PHENOM II X2 56097
AMD ATHLON II X4 64594

AMD PHENOM II X2 560 AMD ATHLON II X4 645

COMMENT - "The AMD Phenom II X2 560 put in a solid performance with Lost Planet 2 with the AMD Phenom II X2 560 loses to the AMD Athlon II X4 645 by 22% with Normal Quality and by 12% with High Quality."


FINAL RESULT

COMMENT - "The AMD Phenom II X2 560 gave some great Gaming Performances against the AMD Athlon II X4 645. It was a case of Dual Core vs Quad Core with the AMD Phenom II X2 560 having a 7% Clock Speed Advantage. Unfortunately for the AMD Phenom II X2 560 it's performance was sometimes upto 39% slower than the AMD Athlon II X4 645 so yes Quad Core does matter. With Gaming the AMD Phenom II X2 560 showed it's worth when it beat the AMD Athlon II X4 645 by 7%. To sum up the AMD Phenom II X2 560 was outperformed by the AMD Athlon II X4 645 by 38% with CPU Intensive Applications. With Games the AMD Phenom II X2 560 was 7% faster than the AMD Athlon II X4 645 for a good result. The AMD Phenom II X2 560 costs 18% less than the AMD Athlon II X4 645 which makes the AMD Phenom II X2 560 good value for money if your in the market for a Dual Core CPU."

AMD PHENOM II X2 560 SCORES 7/10!

AMD ATHLON II X4 645 SCORES 8/10!


AMD PHENOM II X2 560 VS AMD ATHLON II X4 645 REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - AMD PHENOM II X2 560 AND AMD ATHLON II X4 645 INTRODUCTION
PAGE 2 - CINEBENCH, GEEKBENCH AND NOVABENCH
PAGE 3 - EVEREST ULTIMATE AND NUCLEARUS
PAGE 4 - HAWK 2, LOST PLANET 2 AND FINAL RESULT

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