Re: At its stock speed, the Phenom 9600 BE lags behind its rival from Intel by 13.5%. When overclocked to 2.7 GHz, the Phenom 9600 BE is still not quite able to catch up to the Q6600 running at its default speed.
Well, so much for hopes that a 2.6GHz Phenom in Q3 would be worth waiting for.... Will Intel even have a Q6600 by that time, or will they have moved onto something even better...?
Re: Overclocked to 2.70 GHz, the Phenom 9600 BE offers nearly the same processing power as Intel's Core 2 Quad Q6600. However, the AMD processor consumes 150 watts, while the Intel Q6600 only draws 83 watts according to our measurements, a difference of 67 W.
Phenom is to Core 2 Quad as Pentium D was to Athlon X2. Basically, AMD has switched roles to the underperforming, overpowered, large die monstrocity, while Intel now has the excellently performing, power efficient, smaller and more elegant design. And then Intel moves beyond that to 45nm to widen the gap even further.... |
