AMD Socket 939 4000+ and FX55
Review by Jason Jacobs on 10/19/04
Processor Provided by AMD
Application Performance of the FX55
Techwarelabs ran the FX55 through a variety of tests to show real as well as synthetic test performance.
Applications Tested:
- Microsoft Office
- Adobe Photoshop 7
- ID Games Quake 3
- SiSoft Sandra
- 3DMark 05
Test Setup:
AMD FX55
1GB Corsair XL PC3200
Windows XP SP2
Geforce 6800GT OC
MSI K8N Neo 2 Platinum
Applications were chosen to demonstrate performance in commonly used applications and 3D games. Results were as follows:
1. Microsoft Office Access 2003- Opening a 100MB Database.
CPU |
Time |
| Intel Pentium 4 3.6 Ghz | 5 seconds |
| AMD FX55, 2.6 Ghz | 3.5 seconds |
2. Microsoft Office Word 2003- Opening a 10MB Word Document
CPU |
Time |
| Intel Pentium 4 3.6 Ghz | 2 seconds |
| AMD FX55, 2.6 Ghz | 1 seconds |
3. Microsoft Office Power Point 2003- Opening a 10 MB PowerPoint Presentation
CPU |
Time |
| Intel Pentium 4 3.6 Ghz | 4.5 seconds |
| AMD FX55, 2.6 Ghz | 3.5 seconds |
4. Adobe Photoshop 7- Opening a 10MB JPEG
CPU |
Time |
| Intel Pentium 4 3.6 Ghz | 5.2 seconds |
| AMD FX55, 2.6 Ghz | 3.5 seconds |
In all of the applications the AMD FX55 was faster than the Intel CPU running full 1Ghz faster.
3D Gaming Performance
1. Quake 3 v 1.32 Demo Four
CPU |
FPS |
| Intel Pentium 4 3.6 Ghz | 430.7 |
| AMD FX55, 2.6 Ghz | 490.7 |
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2. SiSoft Sandra
In a side by side comparison the FX55 pounds the competition and is the clear choice. Coming out ahead in the CPU and Memory Bandwidth tests the FX55 is a no nonsense CPU that stands up against the best Intel has to offer. Reminder: these are the stock results from a CPU not yet over clocked.
3. 3DMark Series:
Run at default resolution and AA, AF settings.
Up next: Overclocking the FX55