How we test
Software
| Benchmarks |
AIDA64 v1.50.1200 bandwidth and L3 latency
HEXUS.PiFast to 10m places
iTunes 10.1 MP3 encoding
CINEBENCH R11.5 multi-CPU, 64-bit
wPrime v2.04
CyberLink MediaShow Espresso 6
TrueCrypt 7.0a encryption benchmark
7zip v9.20 built-in
file-compression benchmark
Call of Duty: Black Ops- 1,280x800 low and 1,680x1,050 HQ
StarCraft II - 1,280x800 low and 1,680x1050 Medium
3DMark Vantage b1.2.0 overall score - performance setting
Power-consumption
tests - idle and 2D load (wPrime load)
Overclocking tests - Phenom II X4 975 BE only
|
Hardware
| CPU |
Phenom
II X6 1100T BE |
Phenom
II
X6 1055T |
Phenom II
X4 975 BE |
Athlon II
X4 645 |
Core i7
2600K |
Core i5 2500K |
Core i7
980X EE |
Core i7
950 |
Core i7 870 |
Core i5 750 |
Core i5 650 |
| Price |
£210 |
£149 |
£155 |
£90 |
£250 |
£170 |
£765 |
£225 |
£227 |
£140 |
£140 |
| Frequency |
3.30GHz
|
2.80GHz
|
3.60GHz
|
3.10GHz
|
3.40GHz |
3.30GHz |
3.33GHz |
3.06GHz |
2.93GHz |
2.66GHz |
3.20GHz |
| Max turbo frequency |
3.70GHz |
3.30GHz |
N/A |
N/A |
3.80GHz |
3.70GHz |
3.60GHz |
3.33GHz |
3.60GHz |
3.20GHz |
3.46GHz |
| Cache |
3MB
L2
6MB L3 |
3MB
L2
6MB L3 |
2MB
L2
6MB L3 |
2MB
L2 |
1MB
L2, 8MB L3 |
1MB
L2, 6MB L3 |
1.5MB
L2, 12MB L3 |
1MB
L2
8MB L3 |
1MB
L2
8MB L3 |
1MB
L2
8MB L3 |
0.5MB
L2
4MB L3 |
| Cores/threads |
6/6 |
6/6 |
4/4 |
4/4 |
4/8 |
4/4 |
6/12 |
4/8 |
4/8 |
4/4 |
2/4 |
| Process |
45nm |
45nm |
45nm |
45nm |
32nm |
32nm |
32nm |
45nm |
45nm |
45nm |
32nm |
| Form factor |
AM3 |
AM3 |
AM3 |
AM3 |
LGA1155 |
LGA1155 |
LGA1366 |
LGA1366 |
LGA1156 |
LGA1156 |
LGA1156 |
| TDP |
125W |
95W |
125W |
95W |
95W |
95W |
130W |
130W |
95W |
95W |
73W |
| Motherboard |
ASUS Crosshair IV
Formula
(890FX) |
ASUS
P8P67 Deluxe
(P67) |
ASUS
P6X58D Premium
(X58) |
ASUS P7P55D |
Gigabyte
H57M |
| BIOS revision |
1102 |
0804 |
1201 |
1807 |
F9 |
| Memory |
4GB
(2 x 2GB) Corsair DDR3-1,600 |
6GB
(3 x 2GB) Corsair
DDR3-1,600 |
4GB (2 x 2GB) Corsair
DDR3-1,333 |
| Memory timings and speed |
9-9-9-24 2T @ DDR3
1,600 |
9-9-9-24
1T
@ DDR3
1,333 |
| Graphics card |
AMD Radeon HD
6950 2,048MB |
| Graphics driver |
Catalyst 10.12 |
| Disk drive |
Corsair Nova V128 SSD
|
| Operating system |
Windows 7 Ultimate
(64-bit) |
| PSU |
Corsair HX1000W |
Testing notes
OK, folks, you've been subject to two large tables. Now we give you benchmarks. The AMD Phenom II X4 975 Black Edition is represented in green while the Core i5 2500K is denoted by a cyan bar.
