AMD Phenom versus Athlon X2: Something Old, Something New...

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While much has been made of Phenom's lack of performance when compared to

the Intel Core 2 based products, I was curious how much faster the Phenom

was than the older Athlon X2. It turns out that AMD had been quite busy

under the hood, and the results were more impressive than I had originally

expected.

 

URL: http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=567

 

Quote: "We can safely assume that on AMD's current 65 nm process, we will

not see the Phenom go past 2.5 GHz. Going to 2.6 GHz and above would simply

result in a product with an insanely high TDP and very stiff requirements

for motherboard manufacturers to support in terms of power delivery. In the

desktop market, this is simply unacceptable. While AMD uses a system of

constant improvement with their process technology, we are simply nearing

the end of what AMD can do with its 65 nm process."

 

Thanks for a post!

 

Ryan Shrout

Owner - PC Perspective

rshrout ( -at -) pcper.com