AMD Phenom X4 9950 & 9350e Review -part 3-

Same trends with Cinebench 10.
Again with Pov-RAY AMD just can't compete with the 9300 though it is $40 more expensive.Good scores here overall from AMD.
Valve's benchmarks give us very similar results.

Update: We re-ran some tests using Cinebench 10 as the benchmark with a Radeon HD 4870 for power consumption. Finally let's look at power consumption.

	Phenom 9350e	Phenom 9950 BE
Idle	195	225
Load	213	275

The Phenom 9350e has excellent power ratings for a quad core just barely hitting 200W on the 780a. We didn't have time to test on a 780G but it should be much lower load consumption at around 150W so for home theater PCs or other low power machines the combination of the 780G and 9350e or 9150e is unbeatable. For a 140W TDP for the 9950 it also doesn't draw too much more power.

AMD Phenom X4 9350e and 9950

Technically, the trio of new processors from AMD are pretty much the same: they have the same core, and similar feature sets. But while the 9950 Black Edition is a 140W, 2.6GHz overclockable monster (the most power-hungry Phenom AMD has made) the 9350 (2GHz) and 9150 (1.8GHz) are selectively binned and draw just 65W TDP. This makes them the most "power friendly" quadcore processors there are. The 9950 will cost $235 and at HotHardware.com they think it compares with Intel's Core 2 Quad Q6600. While the 9350 and 9150 will cost $195 and $175 respectively, meaning that "eco-friendliness" won't save you many dollars in the chip price, but will cost you a chunk of clock speed. [gizmodo via HotHardware ]

Specifications and Features

Model / Processor Frequency:	AMD Phenom Processor Model X4 9950, 9350e, 9150e / 2.6GHz, 2.0GHz, 1.8GHz
L1 Cache Sizes:	64K of L1 instruction and 64K of L1 data cache per core (512KB total L1 per processor)
L2 Cache Sizes:	512KB of L2 data cache per core (2MB total L2 per processor)
L3 Cache Size:	2MB (shared)
Memory Controller Type:	Integrated 128-bit wide memory controller, capable of being configured for dual 64-bit channels for simultaneous read/writes
Memory Controller Frequency:	Up to 1.6GHz - 2.0GHz with Dual Dynamic Power Management
Types of Memory:	Support for unregistered DIMMs up to PC2 8500 (DDR2-1066MHz)
HyperTransport 3.0:	One 16-bit/16-bit link @ 3200MHz to 3600MHz full duplex
Total Processor Bandwidth:	Up to 33.1 GB/s bandwidth (9950), 31,5GB/s (9350e), 29.9GB/s (9150e)
Packaging:	Socket AM2+ 940-pin organic micro pin grid array (micro-PGA) (backward compatible with Socket AM2)
Fab location:	AMD's Fab 36 wafer fabrication facilities in Dresden, Germany
Process Technology:	65nm (.065-micron) DSL Silicon on Insulator (SOI)
Approximate Transistor count:	approx. 450 million (65nm)
Approximate Die Size:	285 mm2 (65nm)
Nominal Voltage:	1.05-1.3 Volts (9950), 1.0-1.125v (9150e, 9350e)
Max Ambient Case Temp:	61 degress (9950) 70 degrees (9350e, 9150e) Celsius
Max TDP:	140 Watts (9950), 65 Watts (9350e, 9150e)
ACP:	*to be announced after launch
Future Memory Controller Note:	Future 45nm processors versions are planned to include support for DDR3 memory