Phenom II X4 925 vs. Athlon II X4 630?

[bgc99]

The Phenom II is $139, the Athlon II is $113. How much of a performance increase should I expect for the extra money?

Thanks,
BGC

 

[Hey Zeus]

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/default.aspx?p=81&p2=105

 

[bgc99]

Those benchmarks show the phenom II slower in some situations, does that make sense? Why would it ever be slower?

BGC

 

[schneiderguy]

Those benchmarks show the phenom II slower in some situations, does that make sense? Why would it ever be slower?

BGC

The Athlon II could be running on a DDR3 platform whereas the 920 was probably tested back before the AM3 socket came out. And there's always a margin of error in the benchmarks.

 

[Eeqmcsq]

The Athlon II could be running on a DDR3 platform whereas the 920 was probably tested back before the AM3 socket came out. And there's always a margin of error in the benchmarks.

In fact, it is impossible for the Phenom II 920 to be tested on an AM3 platform because the 920 was released as AM2+ only.

 

[soccerballtux]

The Phenom II is $139, the Athlon II is $113. How much of a performance increase should I expect for the extra money?

Thanks,
BGC

If you wanted to overclock the difference would become more apparent.

 

[BD231]

Phenom II x3

 

[LoneNinja]

I think it was tomshardware.com that did a review comparing the Athlon II X4 and Phenom II X4 with exact hardware to determine the performance difference caused by L3 cache, they found on average the performance difference was under 10% when compared clock to clock. Some things were under 5% while a few games were up around the 15% region. If your main purpose is gaming, than I would opt for the Phenom II, otherwise just grab the Athlon II. Beside the X4 630 should be dropping to $99 within a few days now that the 620 was discontinued and 635 launched.

 

[lopri]

PII 925 gets the nod from me over AII 630.

 

[nyker96]

at 139 I might just get a 955BE for a little more. if you going low end get the x4 620 for 100. it doesn't sound like you oc.

 

[bgc99]

No overclocking. I just noticed that the benchmark listed was a 920, the chip I asked about was a 925.

BGC

 

[Farfrumhumpn]

No overclocking. I just noticed that the benchmark listed was a 920, the chip I asked about was a 925.

BGC

Uhm, use the chart as reference? If the 920 is faster I'd assume the 925 is the same as it's identical only that it's a lower watt AM3 part whereas the 920 is AM2+. Hmm, how much faster indeed. . . 2.8ghz vs 2.8ghz, 6mb L2 vs 6mb L2, Phenom II class CPU vs Phenom II class CPU. Wow, thats a hard one.

I feel common sense is becoming even more of a rarity as time goes on for the human race 🙁 Soon it will be extinct and we will all ask which is brighter, the sun or the moon.

Honestly OP. If you're going to complain when someone provides pertinent info that you think is innacurate because you're too lazy to use google yourself , please, spare us your laziness and just don't comment.

 

[Drakula]

Phenom II seems to be worth the extra $26. You get L3 cache, 6MB of them. The performance drop is not that big. The 920 and 925 difference is as others have explained the socket difference and also that 925 can be used in both AM2/AM2+ and AM3 boards whereas 920 can only be used in AM2/AM2+. The result of Phenom II vs Phenom II should be very close, even if they used different sockets. Now if it is Phenom (I) vs Phenom II, then the result would be somewhat different since there are changes in the architect.

 

[tweakboy]

25 percent faster, heck ya its worth it all the way!

 

[bgc99]

Thanks for the civil replies.

Honestly OP. If you're going to complain when someone provides pertinent info that you think is innacurate because you're too lazy to use google yourself , please, spare us your laziness and just don't comment

I made no complaint, I simply pointed out that the processor in the benchmark was different. I saw a specific processor with a similar price to the Athlon II I was interested in and asked about it. I don't know the specs of the entire AMD lineup, nor do I care to.

I'm sure every question asked on this forum could be answered elsewhere if one had the time and knew what to search for.

You feel the original question is a waste of your time yet you spend twice as long posting a smartass comment, impressive.

BGC