AMD PhenomX3 8450 VS. Core2 Duo E7200

AMD PhenomX3 8450 VS. Core2 Duo E7200

PhenomX3 8450 and Core2 Duo E7200 specs contrast
	PhenomX3 8450	Core2 Duo E7200
Core number	3	2
Core clock	2.10GHz	2.53GHz
Technology	65nm	45nm
Pocket	Socket AM2+	LGA775
L2cache	512KBx3	3MB
L3cache	2MB	N/A
FSB	HT3.0 2.6GHz	FSB 1066MHz
Price	94$	120$

HARDWARE
CPU	AMD Phenom X3 8450 | 2.10GHz Intel Core2 Duo E7200 | 2.53GHz
Motherboard	AMD 790GX Intel P45
Memory	ADATA DDR2-800 2GB (1GB×2)|5-5-5-18 CR2
HDD	Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB
VGA Card	NVIDIA GeForce 9600GT 512MB
Audio	Open
Cooler	ASUS Silent Square
Power	Huntkey 500W
OS
OS	Windows XP sp3
DRIVERS
MB Drivers	AMD Catalyst 8.8 WHQL Intel 9.0.0.1011 WHQL
VGA Drivers	NVIDIA Forceware 175.19 WHQL

In this test the guys at hardspell are going to contrast the performances of AMD PhenomX3 8450 and Core2 Duo E7200, their motherboards are AMD 790GX and Intel P45. The memory is 2GB and the graphic card is 9600GT.

AMD PhenomX3 8450 VS. Core2 Duo E7200: the matrix Test:



AMD PhenomX3 8450 VS. Core2 Duo E7200: Multitasking

The green is single task and the grey is multitask: