AMD Phenom X4 9500 and 9600 Quad-Core Action
| Article Index |
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| AMD Phenom X4 9500 and 9600 Quad-Core Action |
| Synthetic Benchmarks - Page 1 |
| Synthetic Benchmarks - Page 2 |
| Gaming Benchmarks |
| Overclocking and Power Usage |
| Final Thoughts and Conclusion |
Product(s): AMD Phenom X4 Quad-Core 9500 (2.2 GHz)
Provided By: Memory Express
Price: $269.95 CDN @ MemoryExpress.com
Product(s): AMD Phenom X4 Quad-Core 9600 (2.3GHz)
Provided By: Memory Express
Price: $299.95 CDN @ MemoryExpress.com
Introduction:
Well the time has finally come, after months of hearing about AMD's pending quad-core CPU's, they've finally arrived. Intel's quad-core CPU's have been on the market for a while now, but now they have some direct competition.
We have both the 9500 and the 9600 quad-core Phenoms on the bench today, and will put them up against each other and see what they are capable of. We will be using a full AMD Spider platform, with the Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 using the new AMD 790FX chipset, and an ATI HD 3850 video card.
Throughout the review I will be referring back to our previous review of the Intel QX6700 that we did a while back for a rough comparison.
The Phenom X4 9500 has an estimated MSRP of $247 USD, and the Phenom X4 9600 has an estimated MSRP of $278 USD, if these prices prove to be true the Phenom X4 line for processors could be a very affordable Quad-Core solution for most users.
Phenom X4 Series:
| Model | Speed | Socket | L2 Cache | L3 Cache | HT Bus | TDP | Launch |
| Phenom X4 9700 | 2.4 GHz | AM2+ | 4 x 512KB | 2MB | 4.0 GHz | 125W | Nov.19, 2007 |
| Phenom X4 9600 | 2.3 GHz | AM2+ | 4 x 512KB | 2MB | 3.6 GHz | 89W | Nov.19, 2007 |
| Phenom X4 9500 | 2.2 GHz | AM2+ | 4 x 512KB | 2MB | 3.6 GHz | 89W | Nov 19, 2007 |
AMD has also announced a line of Triple-Core Phenom X3 processors, and the estimated launch date will be March, 2008.
AMD Phenom 9500 and 9600 - Test Setup:
For our test system we are using a full AMD Spider system, we've got the full Phenom/Radeon/790FX combo for our review.
Test System
- AMD Phenom 9500 (2.2 GHz) - Provided by Memory Express
- AMD Phenom 9600 (2.3 GHz) - Provided by Memory Express
- Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 - Purchased at Memory Express
- Diamond ATI Radeon HD 3850 256MB
- 2 GB Kit of Crucial Ballistix PC2-8000 - Provided by Crucial
- Maxtor 500gig HDD(16 MB Cache)
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