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AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 3.2 GHz Socket AM3 Processor Review
AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 3.2 GHz Socket AM3 Processor Review - PCSTATS
AMD is kicking off 2010 by introducing new low-power versions of some its most popular processors and bumping up the speed of a select few Phenom II and Athlon II CPUs. Today PCSTATS is looking at the 3.2GHz AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition processor.
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External Mfg. Website: AMD Jan 26 2010   J. Apong  
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CPU Calculation Benchmarks: Super Pi, wPrime2.0

Super Pi Mod 1.5 Source: SuperPI

SuperPI calculates the number PI to 1 Million digits in this raw number crunching benchmark. The benchmark is fairly diverse and allows the user to change the number of digits of PI that can be calculated from 16 Thousand to 32 Million. The benchmark, which uses 19 iterations in the test, is set 1 Million digits.

Lower calculation times are better. SuperPi is not multi-threaded.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportSuper Pi Mod 1.5 XS - Windows Vista
1 Million Digits: sec Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 13.516
Intel Core i5 750 15
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 14.8
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 15.5
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 20.4
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 21.699
AMD Phenom II X4 910e 26.239
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition 24.398
AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 21.653
AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 22.24
AMD Athlon II X4 635 22.6969
AMD Athlon II X4 620 29.749
AMD Athlon II X3 435 27.5
AMD Athlon II X2 250 25.865
AMD Athlon II X2 240e 27
8 Million Digits: sec Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 173.92
Intel Core i5 750 175.99
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 190.538
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 198
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 255.16
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 269.615
AMD Phenom II X4 910e 318.411
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition 301.923
AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 267.852
AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 275.19
AMD Athlon II X4 635 296.681
AMD Athlon II X4 620 324.164
AMD Athlon II X3 435 296.111
AMD Athlon II X2 250 288.464
AMD Athlon II X2 240e 302.125
16 Million Digits: sec Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 384.78
Intel Core i5 750 413.643
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 422.51
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 426
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 573.32
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 606.372
AMD Phenom II X4 910e 714.823
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition 671.513
AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 601.988
AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 622.79
AMD Athlon II X4 635 661.736
AMD Athlon II X4 620 720.455
AMD Athlon II X3 435 656.112
AMD Athlon II X2 250 637.423
AMD Athlon II X2 240e 670.441

As AMD's fastest dual-core processor, the Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition does better than every other AMD processor in this single-threaded test except for the Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition. However Intel's faster cache access speeds for its Core processor series allows its processors to come out ahead.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportSuper Pi Mod 1.5 XS - Windows 7
1 Million Digits: (sec) Points Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 15.313
Intel Core i5 750 15.678
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 15.553
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 20.374
AMD Phenom II X4 910e 26.177
AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 21.206
AMD Athlon II X4 635 27.144
AMD Athlon II X4 620 29.828
AMD Athlon II X3 435 27.222
AMD Athlon II X2 240e 27.285
8 Million Digits: (sec) Points Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 171.781
Intel Core i5 750 174.876
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 196.529
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 255.482
AMD Phenom II X4 910e 319.991
AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 268.32
AMD Athlon II X4 635 296.868
AMD Athlon II X4 620 324.667
AMD Athlon II X3 435 296.713
AMD Athlon II X2 240e 303.639
16 Million Digits: (sec) Points Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 375.969
Intel Core i5 750 414.725
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 441.066
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 573.395
AMD Phenom II X4 910e 712.541
AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 601.771
AMD Athlon II X4 635 656.839
AMD Athlon II X4 620 719.676
AMD Athlon II X3 435 657.058
AMD Athlon II X2 240e 660.954

Again, largely identical performance between Windows Vista and Windows 7 here.

wPrime 2.0 Source: WPrime

wPrime uses a recursive call of Newton's method for estimating functions, with f(x)=x2-k, where k is the number we're sqrting, until Sgn(f(x)/f'(x)) does not equal that of the previous iteration, starting with an estimation of k/2. It then uses an iterative calling of the estimation method a set amount of times to increase the accuracy of the results. It then confirms that n(k)2=k to ensure the calculation was correct. It repeats this for all numbers from 1 to the requested maximum.

Lower calculation times are better. wPrime is multi-threaded.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportwPrime 2.0 - Windows Vista
32 Million Digits (1 thread): sec Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 51.156
Intel Core i5 750 48.408
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 50.466
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 53.64
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 43.009
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 45.115
AMD Phenom II X4 910e 55.101
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition 51.901
AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 45.708
AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 48.173
AMD Athlon II X4 635 49.873
AMD Athlon II X4 620 55.083
AMD Athlon II X3 435 49.669
AMD Athlon II X2 250 49.827
AMD Athlon II X2 240e 53.367
32 Million Digits (2 thread): sec Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 25.828
Intel Core i5 750 24.273
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 25.49
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 27.078
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 21.481
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 22.682
AMD Phenom II X4 910e 28.158
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition 26.256
AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 23.415
AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 24.242
AMD Athlon II X4 635 25.132
AMD Athlon II X4 620 27.722
AMD Athlon II X3 435 25.287
AMD Athlon II X2 250 25.007
AMD Athlon II X2 240e 27.019
32 Million Digits (all thread): sec Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 9.547
Intel Core i5 750 12.262
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 25.49
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 27.078
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 11.123
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 11.84
AMD Phenom II X4 910e 14.462
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition 17.936
AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 23.415
AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition 24.242
AMD Athlon II X4 635 13.011
AMD Athlon II X4 620 14.585
AMD Athlon II X3 435 17.58
AMD Athlon II X2 250 25.007
AMD Athlon II X2 240e 27.019

wPrime 2.0 can take advantage of multiple cores and threads, which means that with only two cores available, there's no way the Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition CPU can keep up with quad-core Athlons, Phenoms, or Core i5/Core i7 processors.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportwPrime 2.0 - Windows 7
32 Million Digits (1 thread): (sec) Points Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 50.672
Intel Core i5 750 48.844
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 53.93
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 42.073
AMD Phenom II X4 910e 54.616
AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 46.91
AMD Athlon II X4 635 50.84
AMD Athlon II X4 620 54.509
AMD Athlon II X3 435 50.607
AMD Athlon II X2 240e 51.636
32 Million Digits (2 thread): (sec) Points Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 25.531
Intel Core i5 750 24.571
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 27.05
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 21.684
AMD Phenom II X4 910e 28.267
AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 22.244
AMD Athlon II X4 635 25.022
AMD Athlon II X4 620 28.546
AMD Athlon II X3 435 25.163
AMD Athlon II X2 240e 26.707
32 Million Digits (3 thread): (sec) Points Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 16.984
Intel Core i5 750 16.629
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 14.633
AMD Phenom II X4 910e 19.11
AMD Athlon II X4 635 17.067
AMD Athlon II X4 620 18.813
AMD Athlon II X3 435 17.487
32 Million Digits (4 thread): (sec) Points Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 13.047
Intel Core i5 750 12.698
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 11.404
AMD Phenom II X4 910e 14.711
AMD Athlon II X4 635 13.26
AMD Athlon II X4 620 14.743
32 Million Digits (all thread): (sec) Points Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 9.766
Intel Core i5 750 12.698
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 27.05
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (125W) 11.404
AMD Phenom II X4 910e 14.711
AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 22.244
AMD Athlon II X4 635 13.26
AMD Athlon II X4 620 14.743
AMD Athlon II X3 435 17.487
AMD Athlon II X2 240e 26.707

Windows 7 performance here is slightly slower than Windows Vista, but as always it's not enough to real

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Contents of Article: AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition
 Pg 1.  AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 3.2 GHz Socket AM3 Processor Review
 Pg 2.  Hitting 4 GHz! - CPU Overclocking Report
 Pg 3.  CPU System Benchmarks: SYSMark 2007
 Pg 4.  CPU System Benchmarks: PCMark Vantage
 Pg 5.  CPU Synthetic Benchmarks: Sandra 2009
 Pg 6.  CPU Synthetic Benchmarks: Sandra 2009 Memory
 Pg 7.  — CPU Calculation Benchmarks: Super Pi, wPrime2.0
 Pg 8.  CPU Calculation Benchmarks: ScienceMark2.3, WinRAR
 Pg 9.  CPU Rendering Benchmarks: Cinebench R10, Bibble 5
 Pg 10.  CPU Rendering Benchmarks: POV-Ray 3.7
 Pg 11.  CPU Rendering Benchmarks: SPECviewPerf 10
 Pg 12.  CPU Synthetic Gaming Benchmarks: 3DMark Vantage, 3DMark 06
 Pg 13.  CPU Gaming Benchmarks: Crysis
 Pg 14.  CPU Gaming Benchmarks: FEAR
 Pg 15.  The Best Dual-Core Chip for $99?

 
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