AMD Socket-AM2 Performance Preview
What's AM2?
| CPU |
Clock Speed |
L2 Cache Size |
TDP Options |
| AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 |
2.8GHz |
1MBx2 |
125W |
| AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 |
2.6GHz |
1MBx2 |
125W |
| AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ |
2.6GHz |
512KBx2 |
89W |
| AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ |
2.4GHz |
1MBx2 |
89W or 65W |
| AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ |
2.4GHz |
512KBx2 |
89W or 65W |
| AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ |
2.2GHz |
1MBx2 |
89W or 65W |
| AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ |
2.2GHz |
512KBx2 |
89W or 65W |
| AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ |
2.0GHz |
1MBx2 |
89W or 65W |
| AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ |
2.0GHz |
512KBx2 |
89W or 65W or 35W |
The Test
| CPU: |
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Socket-AM2
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Socket-939 |
| Motherboard: |
ASUS A8N32-SLI (Socket-939)
Unnamed MCP55 Socket-AM2 Motherboard |
| Chipset: |
NVIDIA nForce4 SLI x16
NVIDIA MCP55 |
| Chipset Drivers: |
nForce4 6.70 |
| Hard Disk: |
Seagate 7200.9 300GB SATA |
| Memory: |
OCZ PC8000 DDR2-800 4-5-4-15 (1GB x 2)
OCZ DDR-400 2-3-2 (1GB x 2) |
| Video Card: |
NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX |
| Video Drivers: |
NVIDIA ForceWare 84.21 |
| Desktop Resolution: |
1280 x 1024 - 32-bit @ 60Hz |
| OS : |
Windows XP Professional SP2 |
Socket-AM2 Performance Preview
| Benchmark |
Socket-939 (DDR-400) |
Socket-AM2 (DDR2-800) |
% Advantage (Socket-AM2) |
| PC WorldBench 5 |
115 |
115 |
0% |
| Business Winstone 2004 |
23.3 |
23.2 |
-0.4% |
| Multimedia Winstone 2004 |
38.4 |
38.9 |
1.3% |
| SYSMark 2004 |
220 |
224 |
1.8% |
| ICC SYSMark 2004 |
282 |
286 |
1.4% |
| OP SYSMark 2004 |
171 |
175 |
2.3% |
| 3dsmax 7 |
2.38 |
2.38 |
0% |
| Adobe Premier Pro 1.5 (Export w/ Adobe Media Encoder) |
130 s |
128 s |
1.5% |
| Adobe Photoshop CS2 |
210.6 s |
210.3 s |
0.1% |
| DivX 6.1 |
11.6 fps |
12.0 fps |
3.4% |
| WME9 |
35.2 fps |
35.6 fps |
1.1% |
| Quicktime 7.0.4 (H.264) |
3.63 min |
3.63 min |
0% |
| iTunes 6.0.1.4 (MP3) |
43 s |
43 s |
0% |
| Quake 4 - 10x7 (SMP) |
111.3 fps |
117.4 fps |
5.5% |
| Call of Duty 2 - 10x7 |
59.3 fps |
60.1 fps |
1.3% |
| F.E.A.R. - 10x7 |
92 fps |
94 fps |
2.1% |
| Multitasking Test (LAME + WME + Anti Virus + Zip) |
216.3 s |
213.4 s |
1.4% |
| ScienceMark 2.0 (Bandwidth) |
5007 MB/s |
6805 MB/s |
36% |
| ScienceMark 2.0 (Latency 512-byte stride) |
53.83 ns |
49.77 ns |
7.5% |
| Benchmark |
Socket-939 (DDR-400) |
Socket-939 (DDR-480) |
% Advantage (DDR-480) |
| Multimedia Winstone 2004 |
41.9 |
42.7 |
2% |
| 3dsmax 6 |
2.78 |
2.80 |
1% |
| DivX 6.0 |
50.6 fps |
53.2 fps |
5% |
| WME9 |
4.22 fps |
4.28 fps |
1% |
| Quake 3 (10x7) |
121.9 fps |
127.2 fps |
4% |
| ScienceMark 2.0 (Bandwidth)* |
5378 MB/s |
5851 MB/s |
9% |
