AMD Athlon II X4 620 2.6 GHz Socket AM3 Quad-Core Processor Review The AMD Athlon II X4 620 is a 2.6 GHz socket AM3 chip destined for mainstream PCs.  80% Rating:    Table of Contents Filed under: CPU / Processors Published:  Author:  External Mfg. Website: AMD Sep 23 2009   J. Apong   Home > Reviews > CPU / Processors > AMD Athlon II X4 620

CINEBENCH is a real-world test suite that assesses your computer's performance capabilities. CINEBENCH runs several tests on your computer to measure the performance of the main processor under real world circumstances. The benchmark application makes use of up to 16 CPUs or CPU cores to render a photo-reaslistic image. The scene makes use of various CPU-intensive features such as reflection, ambient occlusion, area lights and procedural shaders. In the first run, the benchmark only uses one CPU (or CPU core), to ascertain a reference value. On computers that have multiple CPUs or CPU cores and on those who simulate multiple CPUs (via HyperThreading or similar technologies), MAXON CINEBENCH will run a second test using all available CPU power. Higher results are best. Cinebench is multi-threaded.

Cinebench R10 - Windows Vista 1 CPU (split between cores) Points Ranking Intel Core i7 920 3066 Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3475 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3306 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 3066 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 2920 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) 2565 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 2570 AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 2843 AMD Athlon II X4 620 2264 AMD Athlon II X2 250 2686 x CPU (full load all cores) Points Ranking Intel Core i7 920 12640 Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 6732 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 6339 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 10955 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 10455 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) 7064 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 7104 AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 5518 AMD Athlon II X4 620 8164 AMD Athlon II X2 250 5205

Again, the Athlon II X4 620 manages to rally from having the slowest single-core performance to having multi-core performance that's faster than processors that are nearly twice its $99 asking price. Rounding out the bottom of the list are the dual-core Athlon II X2 and Phenom II X2, followed by Intel's Core 2 Duo chips.

Cinebench R10 - Windows 7 1 CPU (split between cores) Points Ranking Intel Core i7 920 3090 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3309 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 3101 AMD Athlon II X4 620 2262 x CPU (full load all cores) Points Ranking Intel Core i7 920 12803 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 6356 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 11173 AMD Athlon II X4 620 8179

Cinebench scores actually do get a little better (.02% better), between the 8179 points the Athlon II X4 620 achieves in Windows 7 and the 8164 score it manages in Windows Vista.

Bibble 5.0	Source: Bibble Labs

Bibble 5 is a multi-threaded photographic workflow application that can be used to demonstrate the ability to scale work load across 4, 8, 16 or more processor cores. The basic process we will use for benchmarking is to convert a batch of 50 RAW image files from a digital SLR camera from their original RAW format to JPEG's at full resolution, using the applications default image settings.

Lower results are best.

Bibble 5.0 - Windows Vista Batch RAW-to-JPEG Conversion: (sec/Image) Ranking Intel Core i7 920 0.261 Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 0.585 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 0.61 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 0.345 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 0.377 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 0.623 AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 0.767 AMD Athlon II X4 620 0.486 AMD Athlon II X2 250 0.822 Time to Complete 50 Photos: (sec) Ranking Intel Core i7 920 13 Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 29.2 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 30.5 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 17.2 AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 17.9 AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 31.2 AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 38.3 AMD Athlon II X4 620 24.3 AMD Athlon II X2 250 41.1

In the not-so-distant future, multi-threaded everyday usage applications like Bibble 5 (a photo-editing and resizing tool) will become more common on the desktop. If you're regularly running applications that can harness four threads, the Athlon II X4 620 has a fantastic cost/performance ratio.

Bibble 5.0 - Windows 7 Batch RAW-to-JPEG Conversion: (ns) Ranking Intel Core i7 920 0.263 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 0.616 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 0.345 AMD Athlon II X4 620 0.48 Time to Complete 50 Photo's: (ns) Ranking Intel Core i7 920 13.2 Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 30.8 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 17.3 AMD Athlon II X4 620 24

Bibble 5 renders at about the same speed under Windows 7 and Windows Vista with the AMD Athlon II X4 620. The Athlon II X4 620 is still able to outperform the Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 in this test.

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