AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE 3.70 GHz Review

Name: AMD Phenom II X4 980 BE 3.70 GHz
Brand: AMD

Omega

on May 16th, 2011,

in Processors.

Manufacturer: AMD

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Test Systems

Test System
Motherboard:	AMD: MSI 890FXA-GD70 Intel LGA1366: ASUS P6X58D-E Intel LGA1156: GIGABYTE H55-UD3H Intel LGA1155: ASUS P8P67 EVO
Cooler:	Scythe Katana III
Memory:	AM3/LGA1156/LGA1155 2 x 2048 MB G.Skill RipjawsX F3 PC3-17066 DDR3 @ 1333 MHz 7-7-7-21 LGA1366 3 x 2048 MB MUSHKIN BlackLine FrostByte PC3-12800 DDR3 @ 1333 MHz 7-7-7-21 (limited to 4GB)
Graphic card	AMD Radeon HD 5850
Harddisk:	Samsung F3 HD502HJ 500GB
Power Supply:	CORSAIR TX 650 W
Software:	Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
Drivers:	Catalyst 10.11

Below you can see the entire list of programs used to test our processors. Most of the tests make good use of multithreading, but just like real-life situations, there are some tests that prefer higher clock frequencies over number of cores or size of L2/L3 cache buffer. Since Windows 7 64-bit is used from now on as base for processor benchmarks, some of benchmarks are used in 64-bit versions as well.

Benchmark Suite

Aida64 Extreme 1.50 - Read/Write/Copy/Latency
PC Mark Vantage v1.0.1 64-bit
3D Mark 11 v1.0.1 Performance preset (Physics and Combined score)
wPrime v2.04 1024M
SuperPI 1M

I'm Too Audio Encoder v6.1.2 - FLAC to LAME MP3 320kbs
dBpoweramp R14 - FLAC to LAME MP3 320kbs
Windows Media Player 12 -Audio CD to MP3 320kbs

x264 benchmark HD V3.0
Im Too HD Video Converter 6 - 1080p trailer encode via Matroska profile
AVS Video Converter 7.1 - 1080p trailer encode via Video for Facebook profile

Photoshop CS5 64bit Retouch Artists Speed Test
Cinebench R11 64-bit
POV Ray 3.7b 64-bit

7zip v9.20 64-bit - 32 MB mutithreading
WinRAR Benchmark v4.0 64-bit
Real life compression ~ 1 GB folder (139 files)
TrueCrypt - 100 MB encryption/decryption benchmark

Batman Arkham Asylum
Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II Chaos Rising
Formula 1 2010
Mafia II
Metro 2033

Prime95 (Small FTT-s) for maximum heat and power consumption

Specifications

In the table below you can review detailed specifications of AMD Phenom II X4 980 and other models that will show up later in the performance graphs.

Intel Processors	Core i5 650	Core i5 680	Core i5 750	Core i5 760	Core i7 875K	Core i7 950	Core i3 2120	Core i5 2500K
Number of cores	Dual	Dual	Quad	Quad	Quad	Quad	Dual	Quad
Core codename	Clarkdale	Clarkdale	Lynnfield	Lynnfield	Lynnfield	Bloomfield	Sandy Bridge	Sandy Bridge
Socket	LGA 1156	LGA 1156	LGA 1156	LGA 1156	LGA 1156	LGA 1366	LGA 1155	LGA 1155
Core speed	3200 MHz	3600 MHz	2660 MHz	2800 MHz	2933 MHz	3066 MHz	3300 MHz	3300 MHz
Turbo Boost	3466 MHz	3866 MHz	3200 MHz	3333 MHz	3600 MHz	3333 MHz	-	3700 MHz
L2 Cache	256 KB/core	256 KB/core	256 KB/core	256 KB/core	256 KB/core	256 KB/core	256 KB/core	256 KB/core
L3 Cache	4 MB	4 MB	8 MB	8 MB	8 MB	8 MB	3 MB	6 MB
Process Node	32/45 nm	32/45 nm	45 nm	45 nm	45 nm	45 nm	32 nm	32 nm
Core die size	81 + 114 mm²	81 + 114 mm²	296 mm²	296 mm²	296 mm²	263 mm²	131 mm²	216 mm²
TDP	73 W	73 W	95 W	95 W	95 W	130 W	65 W	95 W
Integrated graphics	Intel HD Graphics	Intel HD Graphics	-	-	-	-	Intel HD 2000	Intel HD 3000
Price	$ 189	$ 216	$ 196	$ 210	$ 342	$ 270	$ 150	$ 224

AMD Processors	Phenom II X4 970 BE	Phenom II X4 975 BE	Phenom II X4 980 BE	Phenom II X6 1055T	Phenom II X6 1075T	Phenom II X6 1090T	Phenom II X6 1100T
Number of cores	Quad	Quad	Quad	Hexa	Hexa	Hexa	Hexa
Core codename	Deneb	Deneb	Deneb	Thuban	Thuban	Thuban	Thuban
Socket	AM2+/AM3	AM2+/AM3	AM2+/AM3	AM2+/AM3	AM2+/AM3	AM2+/AM3	AM2+/AM3
Core speed	3500 MHz	3600 MHz	3700 MHz	2800 MHz	3000 MHz	3200 MHz	3300 MHz
Turbo Core	-	-	-	3300 MHz	3500 MHz	3600 MHz	3700 MHz
L2 Cache	512 KB/core	512 KB/core	512 KB/core	512 KB/core	512 KB/core	512 KB/core	512 KB/core
L3 Cache	6 MB	6 MB	6 MB	6 MB	6 MB	6 MB	6 MB
Process Node	45 nm	45 nm	45 nm	45 nm	45 nm	45 nm	45 nm
Core die size	258 mm²	258 mm²	258 mm²	346 mm²	346 mm²	346 mm²	346 mm²
TDP	125 W	125 W	125 W	125 W	125 W	125 W	125 W
Price	$ 155	$ 175	$ 185	$ 165	$ 181	$ 185	$ 205

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