AMD B3 Phenom X4 9850 benchmarked Part3

Part 1: Introduction, Overclocking & Test Platform
Part 2: Benchmarks
Part 3: Gaming & Power Consumption

Continued from Part 2...


Gaming Performance



Looks like Intel processors can handle the load better than AMD.





Nothing much to say about Oblivion, since the writer picked a GPU-limited scene for the benchmark.




Can you see a pattern in these 3 game benchmarks?
The dual-cores are leading all the way!




Sadly, even in this quad-core optimized game, the Phenoms are slower than any of its competitors here.



Power Consumption:



Thanks to Intel's 45nm process, Q9300 managed to save 20W+ over Q6600 in idle.




The load power consumption of Q9300 is really impressive! The new Phenoms are power hungry monsters.



Part 1: Introduction, Overclocking & Test Platform
Part 2: Benchmarks
Part 3: Gaming & Power Consumption


Highlights:
AMD Phenom X3 8600 vs X4 9600
AMD B3 Phenom X4 9850
Core 2 Quad Q9300 vs Q6600



Source: http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3272