AMD Phenom II X4 940 and 920 CPUs

January 8, 2009 | 05:23

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Maxon Cinebench 10 x64

Website: Cinebench

Maxon Cinebench is based on Maxon's popular animation software, Cinema 4D, which is used extensively by studios and production houses worldwide for 3D content creation. We've used the built-in CPU benchmark, which uses a 3D scene file to render a photo-realistic image of a concept bike. The scene makes use of various CPU-intensive features such as reflection, ambient occlusion, area lights and procedural shaders.

Cinebench 10

x64 Version - xCPU, 800x600 Image

  • Core i7 965 (4x3.2GHz, 6.4GHz QPI, SMT enabled)
  • Core i7 940 (4x2.93GHz, 4.8GHz QPI, SMT enabled)
  • Core i7 920 (4x2.66GHz, 4.8GHz QPI, SMT enabled)
  • Core 2 Extreme QX9770 (4x3.2GHz, 1,600MHz FSB, DDR3)
  • Core 2 Extreme QX9770 (4x3.2GHz, 1,600MHz FSB, DDR2)
  • Core 2 Quad Q9650 (4x3.0GHz, 1,333MHz FSB, DDR3)
  • Core 2 Quad Q9650 (4x3.0GHz, 1,333MHz FSB, DDR2)
  • AMD Phenom II X4 940 (4x3.0GHz, 1.8GHz HTT)
  • Core 2 Quad Q9550 (4x2.83GHz, 1,333MHz FSB, DDR3)
  • Core 2 Quad Q9550 (4x2.83GHz, 1,333MHz FSB, DDR2)
  • Core 2 Quad Q9450 (4x2.66GHz, 1,333MHz FSB, DDR3)
  • AMD Phenom II X4 920 (4x2.8GHz, 1.8GHz HTT)
  • Core 2 Quad Q9450 (4x2.66GHz, 1,333MHz FSB, DDR2)
  • Core 2 Quad Q6700 (4x2.66GHz, 1,066MHz FSB, DDR2)
  • Core 2 Quad Q6700 (4x2.66GHz, 1,066MHz FSB, DDR3)
  • AMD Phenom II X4 (4x2.6GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • AMD Phenom X4 9950 BE (4x2.6GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • AMD Phenom X4 9850 BE (4x2.5GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • Core 2 Duo E8500 (2x3.16GHz, 1,333MHz FSB, DDR3)
  • Core 2 Duo E8500 (2x3.16GHz, 1,333MHz FSB, DDR2)
  • AMD Athlon X3 8750 BE (3x2.4GHz, 1.8GHz HTT)
  • AMD Athlon X2 7750 BE (2x2.7GHz, 1.8GHz HTT)
    • 18341.0
    • 16858.0
    • 15211.0
    • 14242.0
    • 14035.0
    • 13389.0
    • 12997.0
    • 12556.0
    • 12536.0
    • 12310.0
    • 11874.0
    • 11792.0
    • 11746.0
    • 11037.0
    • 10914.0
    • 10899.0
    • 10468.0
    • 10312.0
    • 7526.0
    • 7515.0
    • 7251.0
    • 5769.0
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With a slightly better performance than the Q9550s (even the DDR3 one) here, the Phenom II X4 940 comes out slightly ahead by a few percent, and the X4 920 nuzzles between both DDR3 and DDR2 Q9450 results, affording a more competitive price:performance ratio.

And as we've come to expect, the four to five percent performance increase between Phenom X4 generations is there too.

Cinebench 10

x64 Version - 1CPU, 800x600 Image

  • Core i7 965 (4x3.2GHz, 6.4GHz QPI, SMT enabled)
  • Core i7 940 (4x2.93GHz, 4.8GHz QPI, SMT enabled)
  • Core 2 Extreme QX9770 (4x3.2GHz, 1,600MHz FSB, DDR3)
  • Core 2 Extreme QX9770 (4x3.2GHz, 1,600MHz FSB, DDR2)
  • Core 2 Duo E8500 (2x3.16GHz, 1,333MHz FSB, DDR3)
  • Core 2 Duo E8500 (2x3.16GHz, 1,333MHz FSB, DDR2)
  • Core i7 920 (4x2.66GHz, 4.8GHz QPI, SMT enabled)
  • Core 2 Quad Q9650 (4x3.0GHz, 1,333MHz FSB, DDR3)
  • Core 2 Quad Q9650 (4x3.0GHz, 1,333MHz FSB, DDR2)
  • Core 2 Quad Q9550 (4x2.83GHz, 1,333MHz FSB, DDR3)
  • Core 2 Quad Q9550 (4x2.83GHz, 1,333MHz FSB, DDR2)
  • AMD Phenom II X4 940 (4x3.0GHz, 1.8GHz HTT)
  • Core 2 Quad Q9450 (4x2.66GHz, 1,333MHz FSB, DDR3)
  • AMD Phenom II X4 920 (4x2.8GHz, 1.8GHz HTT)
  • Core 2 Quad Q9450 (4x2.66GHz, 1,333MHz FSB, DDR2)
  • Core 2 Quad Q6700 (4x2.66GHz, 1,066MHz FSB, DDR2)
  • Core 2 Quad Q6700 (4x2.66GHz, 1,066MHz FSB, DDR3)
  • AMD Phenom II X4 (4x2.6GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • AMD Athlon X2 7750 BE (2x2.7GHz, 1.8GHz HTT)
  • AMD Phenom X4 9950 BE (4x2.6GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • AMD Phenom X4 9850 BE (4x2.5GHz, 2.0GHz HTT)
  • AMD Athlon X3 8750 BE (3x2.4GHz, 1.8GHz HTT)
    • 4646.0
    • 4130.0
    • 3945.0
    • 3930.0
    • 3905.0
    • 3888.0
    • 3751.0
    • 3737.0
    • 3680.0
    • 3511.0
    • 3489.0
    • 3450.0
    • 3325.0
    • 3252.0
    • 3249.0
    • 3101.0
    • 3092.0
    • 3011.0
    • 2927.0
    • 2664.0
    • 2587.0
    • 2551.0
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In single threaded performance the Intel Core 2 Quad 9550s with DDR2 and DDR3 get ahead of the Phenom II X4 940 this time, but the X4 920 is still holding firm between the Q9450s, even if it is closer to the DDR2 than DDR3 result this time. The clock to clock difference between Phenom generations has also dropped to just three percent now too.
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