Phenom I & Phenom II Review/Comparison Clock for Clock **56K WARNING**

The purpose of the following benchmarks is to give a comparison between the Phenom I and Phenom II. This is represented by a 9850 BE overclocked to 3.0GHz and a 940 BE at stock (3.0GHz). This is meant as a clock for clock comparison between the two. I do also hope to add overclocked results as well for the Phenom II chip if I can get it stable @ 4.0GHz

The Test System

CPU: 9850 BE @ 3.0GHz & 940 BE (ES) @ Stock
MB: ASUS M3A79-T Deluxe
RAM: G.SKILL 4GB(2 x 2GB) DDR2 1066 (5-5-5-15)
HD: Western Digital 500GB
Video Card: Single VisionTek 4870 512MB (Stock) w/ 8.12 Catalyst
OS: Vista Business 32bit (The only exception is the Cinebench_R10 64bit run which uses Vista Business x64)

Running the Benchmarks

Each of the benchmarks listed below were run 3 times. The lowest and the highest scores were discarded and the middle run is the one being used. The exception(s) being listed below. The reason being is that I am not into averages I am into showing real results.

The overclock benchmarks were only run once to give a rough representation of what to expect.

Exception(s):

Specviewperf10 - 4 Thread: This was only run once.
x264 Benchmark: This was only run once.
POV-Ray Benchmark: This was only run once.

NOTE: I have all of the screen shots for each run and can provide them if necessary.

The Benchmarks

1. Super PI / mod1.5 XS - Complete - With Overclock @ 4.0GHz
2. wPrime 1.55 - Complete - With Overclock @ 4.0GHz
3. PIFast - Complete - With Overclock @ 4.0GHz
4. AMD Overdrive Benchmark - Complete - With Overclock @ 4.0GHz
5. Fritz Chess - Complete - With Overclock @ 4.0GHz
6. WinRAR - Complete - With Overclock @ 4.0GHz
7. Sandra - Cache and Memory - Complete - With Overclock @ 4.0GHz
8. Sandra - Memory Bandwidth - Complete - With Overclock @ 4.0GHz
9. Sandra - Memory Latency - Complete - With Overclock @ 4.0GHz
10. Sandra - Multi-Core Efficiency - Complete - With Overclock @ 4.0GHz
11. Sandra - Cryptography - Complete - With Overclock @ 4.0GHz
12. Sandra - Processor Arithmetic - Complete - With Overclock @ 4.0GHz
13. ScienceMark 2.0 - Cipher Bench - Complete - With Overclock @ 4.0GHz
14. ScienceMark 2.0 - Double Precision Matrix Multiply - Complete - With Overclock @ 4.0GHz
15. ScienceMark 2.0 - Single Precision Matrix Multiply - Complete - With Overclock @ 4.0GHz
16. ScienceMark 2.0 - Memory Benchmarks - Complete - With Overclock @ 4.0GHz
17. ScienceMark 2.0 - Molecular Dynamics Benchmark - Complete - With Overclock @ 4.0GHz
18. ScienceMark 2.0 - STREAM - Complete - With Overclock @ 4.0GHz
19. SPECviewperf10 - 4 Thread Benchmark - Complete
20. POV-Ray - Woodbox Render - Complete - With Overclock @ 4.0GHz
21. POV-Ray - Biscuit Render - Complete - With Overclock @ 4.0GHz
22. POV-RAY - Benchmark - Complete - With Overclock @ 3.9GHz
23. Cinebench_R10 32bit - Complete - With Overclock @ 3.9GHz
24. Cinebench_R10 64bit - Complete
25. AquaMark03 - Complete - With Overclock @ 4.0GHz
26. PCMark05 - Complete - With Overclock @ 4.0GHz
27. 3DMark03 - Complete - With Overclock @ 4.0GHz
28. 3DMark05 - Complete - With Overclock @ 4.0GHz
29. 3DMark06 - Complete - With Overclock @ 4.0GHz
30. 3DMark Vantage - Complete - With Overclock @ 4.0GHz
31. Into The Pink - SD (800x450) - Complete - With Overclock @ 4.0GHz
32. Half-Life 2 Benchmark v2.4.0.0 - Anticitizen One - Complete - With Overclock @ 4.0GHz
33. Half-Life 2 Benchmark v2.4.0.0 - Highway - Complete - With Overclock @ 4.0GHz
34. Half-Life 2 Benchmark v2.4.0.0 - Lost Cost - Complete - With Overclock @ 4.0GHz
35. F.E.A.R. Benchmark - Complete - With Overclock @ 4.0GHz
36. Lost Planet DX9 - Complete
37. Lost Planet DX10 - Complete
38. Supreme Commander - Complete - With Overclock @ 4.0GHz
39. Crysis DX9 - Complete - With Overclock @ 4.0GHz
40. Crysis DX10 - Complete - With Overclock @ 4.0GHz
41. Prey - Benchmark would not complete correctly
42. Call of Juarez DX10 - Complete - With Overclock @ 4.0GHz
43. x264 Benchmark - Complete - With Overclock @ 3.9GHz
44. Lightsmark 2008 - Complete - With Overclock @ 4.0GHz
45. Folding - Complete


EDIT: I have come to find out that the Engineering Sample that I had was NOT a 940 BE but a 945 BE (ES) AM3 chip.

Edited by BenBrown - 1/28/09 at 12:30pm

Phenom 9850 BE @ 3.0GHz



Phenom II 940 BE (ES) @ Stock



Phenom II 940 BE (ES) @ 4.0GHz





Edited by BenBrown - 1/7/09 at 7:09pm

Phenom 9850 BE @ 3.0GHz



Phenom II 940 BE (ES) @ Stock



Phenom II 940 BE (ES) @ 4.0GHz





Edited by BenBrown - 1/7/09 at 7:13pm

Phenom 9850 BE @ 3.0GHz



Phenom II 940 BE (ES) @ Stock



Phenom II 940 BE (ES) @ 4.0GHz





Edited by BenBrown - 1/7/09 at 7:28pm

Phenom 9850 BE @ 3.0GHz



Phenom II 940 BE (ES) @ Stock



Phenom II 940 BE (ES) @ 4.0GHz





Edited by BenBrown - 1/7/09 at 7:33pm

Phenom 9850 BE @ 3.0GHz



Phenom II 940 BE (ES) @ Stock



Phenom II 940 BE (ES) @ 4.0GHz





Edited by BenBrown - 1/7/09 at 9:10pm

Phenom 9850 BE @ 3.0GHz



Phenom II 940 BE (ES) @ Stock



Phenom II 940 BE (ES) @ 4.0GHz





Edited by BenBrown - 1/7/09 at 7:20pm

Phenom 9850 BE @ 3.0GHz



Phenom II 940 BE (ES) @ Stock



Phenom II 940 BE (ES) @ 4.0GHz





Edited by BenBrown - 1/7/09 at 10:23pm

Phenom 9850 BE @ 3.0GHz



Phenom II 940 BE (ES) @ Stock



Phenom II 940 BE (ES) @ 4.0GHz





Edited by BenBrown - 1/7/09 at 10:23pm

Phenom 9850 BE @ 3.0GHz



Phenom II 940 BE (ES) @ Stock



Phenom II 940 BE (ES) @ 4.0GHz





Edited by BenBrown - 1/7/09 at 10:24pm