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Value Propositions of Current CPUs Put to the Test

Posted by Zonk on from the more-gerbils-for-the-money dept.

J. Dzhugashvili writes "Processors are typically compared by their performance alone. However, the folks at The Tech Report have put together an article that attempts to quantify the value propositions of AMD's and Intel's latest processors. The article takes 16 processors through an extensive battery of tests that range from gaming and video encoding to Folding@Home and energy efficiency, and examines the value they offer in each. The results may surprise you."

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  1. Summary, and Flawed Analysis by MojoRilla · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Bargain basement CPUs do better at $ / work than faster, more expensive ones, because they are so cheap. AMD does well at the low end.

    But this doesn't consider the total price of a computer which would help mid priced chips. A $113 CPU is 54% more expensive than a $73 one, so it would have to perform 54% better. But when you throw them into identical $200 systems (case, hard drive, fan, power supply, memory, etc), the $113 CPU (with a total system cost of $313) is only 14% more expensive than the $73 CPU (with a total system cost of $273).

    So, while the extremely low end chips do well with this analysis, they make much less sense when you consider total system costs.

  2. "The results may surprise you" by tkw954 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The results may surprise you.
    How come does it seem like all the summaries lately have to have a cliffhanger? I'm all for reading the articles, but give us the results. This is a news site, not a murder-mystery.