AMD cores up with Phenom II

by admin February 9, 2009 at 6:40 pm

Three and four core desktop chips

AMD has officially released a set of Phenom II processors with three or four cores priced to undercut Intel’s Core 2 Duo and Quad line on a bangs per buck basis.

The Phenom II X3 runs at either 2.6 or 2.8GHz and the 2.8Gig variant is said to be 20 per cent faster at a 3D rendering task than a Core 2 Duo E8400 and also priced $20 lower at $145. The four-core Phenom II X4 runs at either 2.5 or 2.6GHz, and the 2.6GHz 810 model has a 159 SysMark 2007 rating compared to a Core 2 Quad Q8200’s 146.

Read more: channelregister.co.uk