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CPU Charts 2012: 86 Processors From AMD And Intel, Tested

CPU Charts 2012: 86 Processors From AMD And Intel, Tested
By , Achim Roos

Benchmarking 86 CPUs takes a while. After long last, though, we have 51 models from AMD and 35 from Intel tested in our current suite. If you want to know how your processor sizes up to its competition, you'll find plenty of comparison data inside!

86 CPUs Benchmarked: 51 From AMD And 35 From Intel

We've been hard at work updating our CPU Charts with a brand new benchmark suite. And, before 2012 comes to a close, we wanted to share the results of no fewer than 86 processors with you. The models we tested range from dual-core budget-oriented chips to eight-core flagships. Fifty-one models come from AMD, and 35 are Intel's.

In this overview, the CPUs are organized by micro-architecture, each covered on its own page. It’s a free-for-all once we hit the benchmarks. At that point, performance is all that matters. Let’s have a look at the contenders:

AMD

AMD CPUs 
Family
FX Processors
A-Series APUsPhenom IIAthlon II
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Architecture and Model Number
Bulldozer
FX-4100
FX-4170
FX-6100
FX-6200
FX-8100
FX-8120
FX-8140
FX-8150
FX-8170
Llano
A6-3650
A6-3670K
A8-3850
A8-3870K

Trinity
A10-5800K
Stars
Phenom II X2 550
Phenom II X2 555
Phenom II X2 560
Phenom II X2 565
Phenom II X3 705e
Phenom II X3 710
Phenom II X3 720
Phenom II X3 740
Phenom II X4 830
Phenom II X4 840
Phenom II X4 905e
Phenom II X4 910e
Phenom II X4 955
Phenom II X4 965
Phenom II X4 970
Phenom II X4 975
Phenom II X4 980
Phenom II X6 1035T
Phenom II X6 1045T
Phenom II X6 1055T
Phenom II X6 1065T
Phenom II X6 1075T
Phenom II X6 1090T
Phenom II X6 1100T
Stars
Athlon II X2 240e
Athlon II X2 250
Athlon II X2 255
Athlon II X2 260
Athlon II X3 425
Athlon II X3 435
Athlon II X3 440
Athlon II X3 445
Athlon II X4 620
Athlon II X4 630
Athlon II X4 635
Athlon II X4 640
Athlon II X4 645


Intel

Intel CPUs
Family
Core (First Generation)
Core (Second Generation) Core (Third Generation)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Architecture and Model Number
Nehalem
Core i3-530
Core i5-661
Core i5-670
Core i5-750
Core i5-750S
Core i5-760
Core i7-860
Core i7-870
Core i7-875K
Core i7-880
Core i7-920
Core i7-930
Core i7-960
Core i7-970
Core i7-975 Extreme Edition
Core i7-980
Core i7-980X
Core i7-990X
Sandy Bridge
Core i5-2300
Core i5-2310
Core i5-2400
Core i5-2400S
Core i5-2500K
Core i5-2500T
Core i7-2600K
Core i7-2700K
Core i7-3930X
Core i7-3960X
Pentium G620
Pentium G630
Pentium G630T
Ivy Bridge
Core i5-3450
Core i5-3470
Core i5-3550
Core i5-3570K
Core i7-3770K

   

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    mactronix , 24 December 2012 17:46
    To Manuel Masiero, Achim Roos,
    I realise that this article was designed to show CPU performance and as such the resolution that was chosen for the testing is pretty low.
    The thing is this is a really great collection of CPU's you have in this article, PLEASE Please tell me you tested them all at 1920 x 1080 etc as well for a future article about CPU gaming performance.
    As you know the CPU is less and less important as you go up the resolutions and having had a collection of CPU's like this together, it would really have been short sighted to just test for this one article.
    Great work on this article though.

    Mactronix
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    bemused_fred , 24 December 2012 21:30
    mactronixSNIP


    The reason they were tested in low settings/resolutions was to help highlight any CPU differences. If you play, say battlefield 3 at Ultra in 1440p then the thing is so Graphics-bottlenecked that you can't really tell the difference between the CPUs.

    If you want to see more about how each CPU does for gaming, then checking out the individual review for that CPU might be the best bet. Most of them have been done here.
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    jay_nar2012 , 25 December 2012 16:53
    How do they afford all those CPUs?
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    mactronix , 25 December 2012 18:07

    A reputable and well connected review site will get given sample CPU's some times just plain given and others are leant out such as when they are rare or early engineering samples.
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    Anonymous , 27 December 2012 01:02
    it would be good to include processors like pentium g8xx (sandy), pentium g2xxx (ivy), i3 21xx (sandy), i3 32xx (ivy), i5 33xx (ivy), and of course, as you sad, more trinity and new fx procesors.
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    mactronix , 27 December 2012 14:34
    bemused_fredThe reason they were tested in low settings/resolutions was to help highlight any CPU differences. If you play, say battlefield 3 at Ultra in 1440p then the thing is so Graphics-bottlenecked that you can't really tell the difference between the CPUs.If you want to see more about how each CPU does for gaming, then checking out the individual review for that CPU might be the best bet. Most of them have been done here.


    If you actually read my post you would see that the first part of your post is redundant as I have shown in my post that I understand the issues you are raising.

    The reason for my interest in a second article using higher resolutions is also explained but to put it in even simpler terms.
    A huge collection of CPUs like this listed against gaming performance at resolutions people use and not restricted to a lower resolution designed specifically for this article to highlight CPU performance, would be very very useful when trying to see if a CPU upgrade would actually benefit or not and where you should be looking for your upgrade.

    The whole point is that you could easily compare across multiple CPU's, Individual reviews as you suggested are useless for this as you end up comparing different scenarios and hardware set ups.

    Mactronix
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    fishyfish , 4 January 2013 00:33
    Why do all charts have to be images? Text would be searchable..
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    bigirishman , 11 January 2013 13:35
    Are amd ever going to seriously rival intel? My net processor is definitely going to be intel, even with having to buy a new motherboard.....
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    Noob12 , 18 January 2013 04:26
    Why is no test of this cpu?? http://ark.intel.com/products/65732/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E3-1230V2-8M-Cache-3_30-GHz

    it looks good for intel 1155 set for gaming and not overclock use. workstations too. Test it B75 , H77 and Z-77 boards. Its wery intresting cpu because its so cheap and faster than 3570k at stoc clocks. Test too if it can be overclocked in Z-77 motherboard.
    http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+E3-1230+V2+%40+3.30GHz&id=1189
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    bigirishman , 2 May 2013 18:50
    Im glad I decided to get a 3570k even if it meant buying a new motherboard. Thank you for taking your time to test all of them Cpu's. I'm sure it will help a lot of people and probably start a fanboy war lol.