Opteron Dual Core vs. Phenom

[wwswimming]

i don't remember the exact model number, but i know the Phenom's
have a model at 2.2 GHz that has a 512K cache for each of the
CPU core's.

i compare that to the Opteron, which i have one of, and is 2 cores
with 1 MB cache, at 2.2 GHz.

is the Phenom approximately a dual 175 in performance ? i'm
pretty familiar with the 175, i like it. 2 of them would be, even
better.

 

[bryanW1995]

opty 175 is on skt 939, phenom is on am2+ just fyi.

phenom is a little bit faster clock for clock than x2/opty1xx, I think something in the neighborhood of 10% now that the tlb bug is fixed. make sure to get a phenom 9x5x onstead of 9x0x, however, because the 9x0x is the older design that still had the tlb bug. The fix for said bug slowed down the computers significantly.

 

[wwswimming]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16819103251

that's for the Phenom 9550, which is their 2.2 GHz model, $199.

i was just trying to get a feel for the difference. i like my opteron 175,
so i figure i would like the phenom, if it's about twice as fast on CPU intensive
tasks.

 

[bryanW1995]

it would be an ok cpu, but q6600 for the same price would be a much better investment.

 

[firewolfsm]

It could go up to 20% increase per core.