AMD Phenom II X4 810 and X3 720 BE Processors

Name: AMD Phenom II X4 810 and X3 720 BE Processors - Page 5
Brand: AMD

by Marco Chiappetta — Monday, February 09, 2009, 12:01 AM EDT

We ran a handful of processors and platforms, including the new Phenom II X4 810 and X3 720, through Futuremark’s latest system performance metric built especially for Windows Vista, PCMark Vantage. PCMark Vantage runs through a host of different usage scenarios to simulate different types of workloads including High Definition TV and movie playback and manipulation, gaming, image editing and manipulation, music compression, communications, and productivity. Most of the tests are multi-threaded as well, so the tests can exploit the additional resources offered by a quad-core CPU.

Futuremark PCMark Vantage

Simulated Application Performance

The new socket AM3 Phenom II processors performed well in PCMark Vantage. The Phenom II X4 810 and X3 720 finished slightly behind the higher clocked Phenom IIs and Intel-based competition, but that was expected considering their clock speed deficits. The most interesting comparison here is between the Phenom II DDR2 and DDR3 powered configurations. With the exception of a single anomaly in the communications tests with the Phenom II X4 810, the DDR3-powered configurations were a few percentage points faster than their DDR2-powered counterparts, across the board.

Tags: AMD, Phenom, AM3, Black Edition

Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com