Intel Core 2 Duo Vs. AMD AM2

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday September 12, 2006 @01:50PM from the cpu-shootout dept.

ThinSkin writes, "ExtremeTech has an extensive performance roundup across the entire line of Intel Core 2 Duo and AMD AM2 CPUs, from the cheap to the ultra-high end. Both companies bring five processors to the table, ranging from $152 to $1,075, with the mid-range CPUs boasting the best in price/performance. From the article: 'It's clear that Intel's Core 2 Duo lineup offers superior performance across the product line when compared with AMD's Athlon 64. In some applications, even a lower-cost Core 2 Duo can outperform some of the higher-end Athlon 64s.'" The ExtremeTech article is spread over 10 ad-laden pages. You can read it all on the printer-friendly page, but you'll miss out on the pretty graphs.

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Re:No 64-bit benchmarks by tomstdenis · 2006-09-12 14:01 · Score: 4, Informative

http://libtomcrypt.com/ltc113.html

crypto work done in 64-bit mode on the Core 2.

Tom

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Re:Screwed up comparison by timeOday · 2006-09-12 16:32 · Score: 4, Informative

Nope, just look at the 4 graphs to compare any pair of processors you like (on 3 different pages: 1 2 3)
At the low end, the E6300 at $190 beat the $187 AMD 4200+ in all tests, and also beat the $253 4600+ in 3 out of 4 (with the 4th test extremely close).
At the midrange, the $360 E6600 beats even the $825 FX-62 in all 4 tests. That is bad, bad, bad for AMD.
At the high end, AMD simply has no answer to the $559 E6700 or the $1075 X6800.
Granted, none of their graphs shows the ScienceMark. But overall the results seem pretty one-sided to me. I'm surprised AMD hasn't dropped prices more.