AMD Triple Core Phenom X3 8750 Author:  Michael Lynch Date:  2008.04.23 Topic:  Processors Provider:  AMD Manufacturer:  AMD

AMD Triple Core Phenom X3 8750

PC Mark Vantage:

Below you can see the results of the overall benchmark of PC Mark. For more detailed information on the test click on the smaller pictures below.

Overall the system scored 5073,which is very good once again considering this is a budget processor.

3D Mark 06:

Shown below is the result from 3D Mark 06. As you can see the graphics card used really helps with improving the score. Al thought the score of 2685 isn't bad for just the CPU score. 10,000+ 3DMark06 score from a system that would be sub $700 to assemble is quite good.

Gaming:

We used the triple core Phenom 8750 as the heart of our system to play a few of the more popular games available today. The games consisted of Doom 3, Half Life 2 Episode 2, and Crysis.

Doom3: For Doom 3, we scaled all settings to the maximum with 16x AA and the resolution to 1280x1024. We achieved 40.0FPS, which is playable with very intense and high quality graphics.

Half Life 2 Episode 2: For HL2E2 we adjusted all settings to their maximum with 16xQ CSAA, 16x Antistrophic and a resolution of 1280x1024. With these settings we achieved 64.01 average FPS. At those framerates the game was perfectly playable.

Crysis: For Crysis, we set it to Medium with no AA and a resolution of 1280x1024. At these settings we got 28.7 FPS which is still considered playable and pretty good results.

Power Consumption:

The Phenom 8750 while edging out the comparable E6600 and E6700 in many tests also has an edge in overall power consumption. This is due to an overall lower power consumption per core and also the platform in which it is used. Compare the numbers below:

While this may not seem like it impacts you, wait till you check your power bill.