SiSoftware Sandra

Raw CPU performance is the same between all boards which use the same CPU.

Lavalys Everest

I was surprised to see such a big difference in throughput between the i925XE and the i945. ABIT has probably spent more time on optimizing the BIOS of their highest-end AA8XE.


Write performance is about the same, with the AL8 at a slight advantage.


DDR2 has very high latencies already, while ABIT has hidden them quite well on the AA8XE, the AL8 sure has some room for improvement. We used the same memory modules and timings on both boards. The integrated memory controller of the Athlon64 can shine here.