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AMD Athlon X4 760K
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See full details| | Intel Core2 Quad Q9650 vs AMD Athlon X4 760K |
| | Much more l2 cache 12 MB | | Much more l2 cache per core 3 MB/core |
| | Significantly higher clock speed 3.8 GHz | | Newer manufacturing process 32 nms |
| | Much better performance per dollar 7.07 pt/$ | | Better PassMark (Single core) score 1,442 |
by Fudzilla-staff (Jun, 2013)It supports DDR3-1866 memory and the rest of the feature set is basically a carbon copy of what you’d get with an A-series Richland part, sans graphics.
Performance | |
Benchmark performance using all cores | |
| Core2 Quad Q9650 6.4 Athlon X4 760K 6.5 | |
| Passmark and GeekBench (32-bit) | |
Single-core Performance | |
Individual core benchmark performance | |
| Core2 Quad Q9650 7.7 Athlon X4 760K 8.1 | |
| Passmark (Single Core) | |
Overclocking | |
How much speed can you get out of the processor? | |
| Core2 Quad Q9650 9.0 Athlon X4 760K 9.3 | |
| Maximum Overclocked Clock Speed (Air) and 1 more | |
Value | |
Are you paying a premium for performance? | |
| Core2 Quad Q9650 6.6 Athlon X4 760K 8.2 | |
| Performance Per Dollar | |
CPUBoss Score | |
Performance, Single-core Performance, Overclocking and Value | |
| Core2 Quad Q9650 7.1 Athlon X4 760K 7.4 | |
| | | AMD Athlon X4 760KCPUBoss Winner |
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| Much more l2 cache | 12 MB | vs | 4 MB | 3x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later | |||
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| Much more l2 cache per core | 3 MB/core | vs | 1 MB/core | 3x more l2 cache per core | |||
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| Significantly higher clock speed | 3.8 GHz | vs | 3 GHz | More than 25% higher clock speed | |||
| Newer manufacturing process | 32 nms | vs | 45 nms | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
| Much better performance per dollar | 7.07 pt/$ | vs | 3.39 pt/$ | More than 2x better performance per dollar | |||
| Better PassMark (Single core) score | 1,442 | vs | 1,260 | Around 15% better PassMark (Single core) score | |||
| Better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.79 GHz | vs | 4.16 GHz | More than 15% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
summary | Core2 Quad Q9650 | vs | Athlon X4 760K |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 3 GHz | 3.8 GHz | |
| Cores | Quad core | Quad core | |
| Is hyperthreaded | No | No | |
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Has vitualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction-set-extensions | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE | |||
| SSE4.2 | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| SSE4 | |||
| SSE4a | |||
| AES | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 95W | 100W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 22.89 $/year | 24.09 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 83.22 $/year | 87.6 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 5.89 pt/W | 5.73 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 77.19W | 81.25W | |
details | Core2 Quad Q9650 | vs | Athlon X4 760K |
|---|---|---|---|
| Threads | 4 | 4 | |
| L2 cache | 12 MB | 4 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 3 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 45 nms | 32 nms | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 4.16 GHz | 4.79 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.43 GHz | 4.39 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.16 GHz | 4.79 GHz | |
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