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amd quad core vs. intel core 2 duo - General [M]ayhem
I'm lookin to get a new processor and my friend is telling me to go with the core 2 duo but I can get an AMD quad core for a little less.
I was just wondering the performance difference and if there is much of one at all?
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It all depends on what speed you are planning on getting.
But in general a Core 2 duo is faster, however an Athlon may be better for overall price per performance.
edit: and yes, a Core 2 duo still can be faster than a AMD quad, or a Core quad for that matter.
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Quote: : I was just wondering the performance difference and if there is much of one at all?
Depends on what you do with it.
Gaming? You'd be better off with a dual core.
Video encoding? A quad would be better.
Also, if you're still leaning towards an AMD quad, get the 9X50 series instead of the 9X00 series (no TLB bug).
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Quote: : Depends on what you do with it.
Gaming? You'd be better off with a dual core.
Video encoding? A quad would be better.
Also, if you're still leaning towards an AMD quad, get the 9X50 series instead of the 9X00 series (no TLB bug).
Seconded.
If you do heavy media work, the quad.
Else, the Core 2 Duo.
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There is not a whole lot that is multithreaded at all, let alone well, even at present.
My quad is very rarely indeed pushed past 25% usage and there are times I feel it is holding the system back.
Benchmarks well in multi-threaded tests and is used by some games, but that is about it for what I do.
For most people, I too would advocate the faster clocked dual you can afford over a quad unless you are regularly doing large encode/decodes, rendering or something like that.
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E8400 benched marked equivalent or better than the Q6600
just some food for thought
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If an application makes use of 4 cores effectively then the Phenom X4 can be faster.
However in any application that does not take advantage of four cores expect the Phenom X4 to be slower in most if not all respects when compared to Core 2 Duo, Quad and Core 2 Extreme series processors.
Clock for clock the AMD processors are slower and they are typically clocked lower to start with.
Overclocking wise the Phenom's are pretty bad.
The non-BE processors overclock like shit via FSB overclocking.
25-50MHz is the general overclocking ceiling which is horrible.
This is true of B2 and B3 stepping Phenoms.
The Black Editions aren't multiplier locked, so they are a better choice for overclocking compared to their non-BE counterparts.
Even then don't expect much beyond 3.2-3.4GHz and that's being generous.
I've seen better overclocks than that but they are exceptionally rare.
Almost all of them I have seen topped out at 2.8GHz to 3.2GHz.
Comparatively the Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 hits 3.6GHz and beyond relatively easy and both it and the Phenom 9700 have the same stock clock speed.
Compared to the Q6600 the Phenom doesn't stack up well in general.
If you start talking about the Q9xxx series, then it gets worse.
The newer Yorkfield Core 2's are slightly faster than their Kentsfield counterparts at the same clock speed.
Right now AMD just doesn't compete well.
An AMD build will be slightly cheaper but not necessarily offer more bang for your buck.
Core 2's and Quad's can be had at so many price points and they can be used on a variety of cheaper boards that still provide great overclocking for even more value.
The only thing I'd use a Phenom for would be an HTPC.
There are many boards that are excellent choices for that usage (due to decent onboard video etc.) that are geared for that use that are Phenom compatible.
In an HTPC you probably won't be gaming or doing too much else besides playing videos and music.
In that case an AMD Athlon X2 or Phenom may be a better bet due to overall lower cost.
In that usage scenario you really don't need much so getting something that will work for the absolute bottom lowest price can be very appealing.
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