Thread: PC Mark 05 And 3D Mark 06

The answers are in the stars, as it's said. Intel's QX9770 and QX9650 CPUs reach for the stars with some superb scores; the QX9770 being the only proces¬sor to actually cross a CPU score of 10,000 in PC Mark 05. A mini battle take~ place between the two similarly positioned quad cores; AMO's Phenom X4 9950 and Intel's Q8200 which are very close to other with a small advan¬tage going to AMO. The Phenom X4 9850 is very close to the Q8200 as well, but is a little slower. Interestingly the Phenom X4 9950 is cheaper than the Q8200 by What's interesting to note is the way these scores scale with the number of cores; very much like a stepladder.



CPUs having an identical number of processing cores will perform similarly, the next factor affecting them being core speeds. As we move up from two to three cores, there is a larger hike in performance as seen in case of the Athlon 6000+ and the Phenom X3 8750 in 3D Mark 06. A much higher clock speed advantage for the 6000+ (3.1 GHz VS 2.4 GHz for the X3 8750) isn't enough to push it past its sibling. Intel's slowest offering the Pentium E5200 is faster than both of AMOs slowest offerings but is also costlier.