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... Terms and Conditions of any time without notice. Except as to specifications and product descriptions at any intellectual property right. Trademarks AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Athlon, and combinations thereof, Cool'n'Quiet and 3DNow!, are registered trademarks and Windows Vista is subject to , the implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, ...
... Terms and Conditions of any time without notice. Except as to specifications and product descriptions at any intellectual property right. Trademarks AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Athlon, and combinations thereof, Cool'n'Quiet and 3DNow!, are registered trademarks and Windows Vista is subject to , the implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, ...
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30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 List of Tables 7 Table 2. Table 5. Table 7. Table 3. Table 6. Table 4. Memory Bandwidth 13 Effect of Memory Bandwidth on Performance 15 Effect of Memory Latency on Performance 15 Benchmark Application Sets 20 AMD Athlon™ 64 Single Socket Dual-Core Processor System . . . . .21 AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture 22 Performance Summary 55 List of Tables AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide Table 1.
30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 List of Tables 7 Table 2. Table 5. Table 7. Table 3. Table 6. Table 4. Memory Bandwidth 13 Effect of Memory Bandwidth on Performance 15 Effect of Memory Latency on Performance 15 Benchmark Application Sets 20 AMD Athlon™ 64 Single Socket Dual-Core Processor System . . . . .21 AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture 22 Performance Summary 55 List of Tables AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide Table 1.
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...Viewing Scenario • 3DMark™05, Build 1.2.0 (Hardware and Software) • City of Ziff Davis Publishing Holdings Inc. AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide Revision History 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 Date March 2007 February 2007 Revision Description 3.74 3.73 Incorporated legal... Media, and Gaming categories with categories for the AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62, AMD Athlon 64 FX-70, AMD Athlon 64 FX-72, and AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 dual-core processors. in the U.S. Updated for Windows Vista™ with 64-bit applications, Windows Vista with 32-bit applications,...
...Viewing Scenario • 3DMark™05, Build 1.2.0 (Hardware and Software) • City of Ziff Davis Publishing Holdings Inc. AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide Revision History 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 Date March 2007 February 2007 Revision Description 3.74 3.73 Incorporated legal... Media, and Gaming categories with categories for the AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62, AMD Athlon 64 FX-70, AMD Athlon 64 FX-72, and AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 dual-core processors. in the U.S. Updated for Windows Vista™ with 64-bit applications, Windows Vista with 32-bit applications,...
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... AMD Athlon 64 processor 4800+ relative to reflect changes in system configuration and addition/removal of Villains, version 10.2 • Quake 4, version 1.04 (replaces Quake 3) 3.71 3.70 3.61 Updated application information in Chapter 5 to the Intel Pentium® 4 550 processor, which operates at 3.8 GHz. Updated for the AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 processor, the AMD Athlon 64 processor 5000+, and the AMD Athlon 64 processor X2 3800...
... AMD Athlon 64 processor 4800+ relative to reflect changes in system configuration and addition/removal of Villains, version 10.2 • Quake 4, version 1.04 (replaces Quake 3) 3.71 3.70 3.61 Updated application information in Chapter 5 to the Intel Pentium® 4 550 processor, which operates at 3.8 GHz. Updated for the AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 processor, the AMD Athlon 64 processor 5000+, and the AMD Athlon 64 processor X2 3800...
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...the AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-53 (939) processor and the 3700+ and 3800+ processors relative to the Performance Analysis test suite: • Table 64, "Panorama Factory Ver. 3.1 64-Bit Benchmark" on page 69 • Table 65, "Crafty Ver. 19.12 64-Bit Benchmark" on page 69 • Table 64,...March 2004 March 2004 March 2004 Revision Description 3.60 Updated for various benchmarks. Updated legal attribution for the AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-55 processor and the AMD Athlon 64 processor 4000+ relative to Castle Wolfenstein) • FarCry, version 1.3.1 • FarCry pier Note:The two ...
...the AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-53 (939) processor and the 3700+ and 3800+ processors relative to the Performance Analysis test suite: • Table 64, "Panorama Factory Ver. 3.1 64-Bit Benchmark" on page 69 • Table 65, "Crafty Ver. 19.12 64-Bit Benchmark" on page 69 • Table 64,...March 2004 March 2004 March 2004 Revision Description 3.60 Updated for various benchmarks. Updated legal attribution for the AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-55 processor and the AMD Athlon 64 processor 4000+ relative to Castle Wolfenstein) • FarCry, version 1.3.1 • FarCry pier Note:The two ...
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Life of Document This document provides information about the performance of these processors: • AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 dual-core processor • AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 dual-core processor • AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 dual-core processor • AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 dual-core processor This document may become obsolete or may be revised as new speed grades become available. About This Document...
Life of Document This document provides information about the performance of these processors: • AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 dual-core processor • AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 dual-core processor • AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 dual-core processor • AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 dual-core processor This document may become obsolete or may be revised as new speed grades become available. About This Document...
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... registers, four times as traditional x86 architectures. - Memory is utilized, 64-bit mode offers: - Memory Bandwidth Sciencemark 2.0 Bandwidth (MB/s) Sciencemark 2.0 Latency (ns) AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor, DDR2-800 AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 Processor, DDR1-400 6779.3 4472.6 46.5 52.5 AMD64 Single Socket Processor Architecture 13 The integrated controller reduces memory latency and increases overall...
... registers, four times as traditional x86 architectures. - Memory is utilized, 64-bit mode offers: - Memory Bandwidth Sciencemark 2.0 Bandwidth (MB/s) Sciencemark 2.0 Latency (ns) AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor, DDR2-800 AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 Processor, DDR1-400 6779.3 4472.6 46.5 52.5 AMD64 Single Socket Processor Architecture 13 The integrated controller reduces memory latency and increases overall...
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... from having the entire matrix available in latency improves performance by 1-2%. Table 3. Effect of L2 cache allow the AMD Athlon 64 processor to improve branch prediction. - generation processors, to excel at performing matrix calculations on Performance AMD Athlon™ 64 AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3800+, Processor 3800+, Dual-Channel Memory Single-Channel Memory Office Productivity 101.3% 100.0% Digital Media 101.9% 100.0% Computer Gaming 104.1% 100...
... from having the entire matrix available in latency improves performance by 1-2%. Table 3. Effect of L2 cache allow the AMD Athlon 64 processor to improve branch prediction. - generation processors, to excel at performing matrix calculations on Performance AMD Athlon™ 64 AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3800+, Processor 3800+, Dual-Channel Memory Single-Channel Memory Office Productivity 101.3% 100.0% Digital Media 101.9% 100.0% Computer Gaming 104.1% 100...
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...Socket Direct Connect Architecture The platform enhances the personal computing experience by exploiting the full potential of AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-70, FX-72, and FX-74 dual-core processors. Currently-shipping motherboards include the following features. • Twelve SATA RAID interfaces • ... • Optical/Coax SPDIF connections AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture 17 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture The AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket ...
...Socket Direct Connect Architecture The platform enhances the personal computing experience by exploiting the full potential of AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-70, FX-72, and FX-74 dual-core processors. Currently-shipping motherboards include the following features. • Twelve SATA RAID interfaces • ... • Optical/Coax SPDIF connections AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture 17 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture The AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket ...
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...Vista, and a 32-bit application running under Windows XP Professional Benchmarking Methodology 18 AMD recommends these benchmarks for media creation and playback. • The high performance of AMD Athlon 64 processors can take advantage of unique architectural features to deliver outstanding performance for proper, ... Benchmarking Methodology This chapter describes the benchmarks used to generate the performance scores shown in mind. • AMD Athlon™ 64 processors can run three sets of applications. • MAXON Computer GmbH, CINEBENCH 9.5 - The descriptions that follow...
...Vista, and a 32-bit application running under Windows XP Professional Benchmarking Methodology 18 AMD recommends these benchmarks for media creation and playback. • The high performance of AMD Athlon 64 processors can take advantage of unique architectural features to deliver outstanding performance for proper, ... Benchmarking Methodology This chapter describes the benchmarks used to generate the performance scores shown in mind. • AMD Athlon™ 64 processors can run three sets of applications. • MAXON Computer GmbH, CINEBENCH 9.5 - The descriptions that follow...
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... for benchmarking and provides setup procedures for the AMD Athlon™ 64 processors in the following tables are configured as described in this document. AMD Athlon™ 64 Single Socket Dual-Core Processor System Component Manufacturer Processor AMD Operating System Microsoft® Motherboard ASUS BIOS ASUS Model AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor Windows® XP Professional Windows Vista™ M2N32...
... for benchmarking and provides setup procedures for the AMD Athlon™ 64 processors in the following tables are configured as described in this document. AMD Athlon™ 64 Single Socket Dual-Core Processor System Component Manufacturer Processor AMD Operating System Microsoft® Motherboard ASUS BIOS ASUS Model AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor Windows® XP Professional Windows Vista™ M2N32...
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... all processors. Start the computer. 2. AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture Manufacturer AMD Microsoft® ASUS ASUS Model AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 Dual-Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 Dual-Core Processor Windows...instructions apply only to the Main menu. 22 Benchmarking System Configuration Select the Exit menu. b. AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 Component Processor (2) Operating System Motherboard BIOS Hard Drive (2) RAM (4) Video Card (2) Table 6. a. Press ...
... all processors. Start the computer. 2. AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture Manufacturer AMD Microsoft® ASUS ASUS Model AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 Dual-Core Processor AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 Dual-Core Processor Windows...instructions apply only to the Main menu. 22 Benchmarking System Configuration Select the Exit menu. b. AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 Component Processor (2) Operating System Motherboard BIOS Hard Drive (2) RAM (4) Video Card (2) Table 6. a. Press ...
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...Make sure an SLI-related message is shown in the CD drive. a. Click the Utilities and Drivers link under AMD Athlon™ 64/FX Processors. e. Double-click the amdcpusetup.exe installer file. Install the October 2006 version of Microsoft DirectX End-User Runtime ... drivers as follows. b. d. 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide Driver Installation 1. b. Click the Download Now! f. Click Next. Click Finish. 2. c. f. c. link next to AMD Athlon 64 Processor Driver for Windows XP to download the installer file (amdcpusetup.exe)....
...Make sure an SLI-related message is shown in the CD drive. a. Click the Utilities and Drivers link under AMD Athlon™ 64/FX Processors. e. Double-click the amdcpusetup.exe installer file. Install the October 2006 version of Microsoft DirectX End-User Runtime ... drivers as follows. b. d. 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide Driver Installation 1. b. Click the Download Now! f. Click Next. Click Finish. 2. c. f. c. link next to AMD Athlon 64 Processor Driver for Windows XP to download the installer file (amdcpusetup.exe)....
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... the set. Table 7 summarizes all the performance data. Overall Performance Benchmarking Results 40 Overall Performance AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor 100.0% AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor 150.4% AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 Dual-Core Processor 161.5% AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 Dual-Core Processor 172.2% 50% 70% 90% 110% 130% 150% 170% 190% Figure 4. Each set of benchmarks has...
... the set. Table 7 summarizes all the performance data. Overall Performance Benchmarking Results 40 Overall Performance AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor 100.0% AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor 150.4% AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 Dual-Core Processor 161.5% AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 Dual-Core Processor 172.2% 50% 70% 90% 110% 130% 150% 170% 190% Figure 4. Each set of benchmarks has...
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30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide Windows Vista™, 64-Bit Applications AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor 100.0% AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor 154.5% AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 Dual-Core Processor 167.7% AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 Dual-Core Processor 181.1% 50% 70% 90% 110% 130% 150% 170% 190% Figure 5. Overall Performance, Windows Vista™, 64-Bit Applications Benchmarking Results 41
30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide Windows Vista™, 64-Bit Applications AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor 100.0% AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor 154.5% AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 Dual-Core Processor 167.7% AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 Dual-Core Processor 181.1% 50% 70% 90% 110% 130% 150% 170% 190% Figure 5. Overall Performance, Windows Vista™, 64-Bit Applications Benchmarking Results 41
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... a graphics card and may not truly represent relative processor performance. 42 Benchmarking Results Crafty Performance¹ 1. AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor 100.0% AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor 160.3% AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 Dual-Core Processor 168.6% AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 Dual-Core Processor 182.7% 50% 70% 90% 110% 130% 150...
... a graphics card and may not truly represent relative processor performance. 42 Benchmarking Results Crafty Performance¹ 1. AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor 100.0% AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor 160.3% AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 Dual-Core Processor 168.6% AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 Dual-Core Processor 182.7% 50% 70% 90% 110% 130% 150...
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... 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor 100.0% AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor 114.1% AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 Dual-Core Processor 128.8% AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 Dual-Core Processor 138.3% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 110% 120% 130% 140% Figure 8. Panorama Factory Performance AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor 100.0% AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor 176.6% AMD Athlon 64...
... 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor 100.0% AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor 114.1% AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 Dual-Core Processor 128.8% AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 Dual-Core Processor 138.3% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 110% 120% 130% 140% Figure 8. Panorama Factory Performance AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor 100.0% AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor 176.6% AMD Athlon 64...
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Overall Performance, Windows Vista™, 32-Bit Applications 44 Benchmarking Results AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide Windows Vista™, 32-Bit Applications 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor 100.0% AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor 141.7% AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 Dual-Core Processor 150.7% AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 Dual-Core Processor 160.0% 50% 70% 90% 110% 130% 150% 170% 190% Figure 10.
Overall Performance, Windows Vista™, 32-Bit Applications 44 Benchmarking Results AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide Windows Vista™, 32-Bit Applications 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor 100.0% AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor 141.7% AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 Dual-Core Processor 150.7% AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 Dual-Core Processor 160.0% 50% 70% 90% 110% 130% 150% 170% 190% Figure 10.
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... 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor 100.0% AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor 152.4% AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 Dual-Core Processor 164.5% AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 Dual-Core Processor 175.4% 50% 70% 90% 110% 130% 150% 170% Figure 11. 3DMark™06 Performance¹ AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor 100.0% AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor 129.2% AMD Athlon 64...
... 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor 100.0% AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor 152.4% AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 Dual-Core Processor 164.5% AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 Dual-Core Processor 175.4% 50% 70% 90% 110% 130% 150% 170% Figure 11. 3DMark™06 Performance¹ AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor 100.0% AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor 129.2% AMD Athlon 64...
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... of a graphics card and may not truly represent relative processor performance. 46 Benchmarking Results AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor 100.0% AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor 160.0% AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 Dual-Core Processor 170.6% AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 Dual-Core Processor 183.2% 50% 70% 90% 110% 130% 150% 170% 190...
... of a graphics card and may not truly represent relative processor performance. 46 Benchmarking Results AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor 100.0% AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor 160.0% AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 Dual-Core Processor 170.6% AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 Dual-Core Processor 183.2% 50% 70% 90% 110% 130% 150% 170% 190...