As it turns out, each manufacturer’s official product line contains exactly the same number of processors. Let’s compare the offerings from Intel and AMD.

AMD has the price edge, but is that enough to overcome Intel’s performance lead? How well do the various CPUs scale across the product line? We try to address those questions. Now we dive back into our comprehensive benchmark suite, running a wide array of performance tests across the entire range of Intel Core 2 Duo and AMD Athlon 64 X2 AM2 processors.

Later, Jason Cross went in-depth on the gaming side, pitting the Athlon 64 X2 5000+ against Intel’s Core 2 Duo E6600 in our. We took a look at the performance of the high-end processors in our initial review of back in July. The key difference is core logic and processor, which are inseparable. We vary the processor, but keep everything else in the system as constant as possible. Today, we’re taking a look at the CPU side of the equation. This balancing act is difficult to perform in the absence of data. If I’m a gamer, do I step down one notch in CPU power and pick up a slightly faster graphics card? If I’m a video editor, will running a faster CPU make up for somewhat smaller storage? If I’m an average PC user, would more memory be more useful than a faster CPU? Rather, it’s a shifting matrix of choices we make. Also, the CPU isn’t the only piece of the puzzle. But most of us have to budget our purchases, and it’s always a delicate dance to figure out what’s the best fit for what you do. If we all had bottomless wallets, it would be easy just to pick the ultra-high end CPUs and be done with it. AMD X2 AM2–Top to Bottom By Loyd Case on Septemat 6:20 amĬhoosing the right CPU for your needs isn’t always an easy task.

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