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  • AMD 3800 | Evaluator Guide - Page 1
    AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide Mark W. Welker Johann Pais Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. One AMD Place Sunnyvale, CA 94088 Publication #: 30579 Revision: 3.74 Issue Date: March 2007
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    , the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Athlon, and combinations thereof, Cool'n'Quiet and 3DNow!, are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. HyperTransport is a licensed trademark of the HyperTransport Technology Consortium. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks and Windows Vista is a trademark of
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    Life of Document 12 AMD64 Single Socket Processor Architecture 13 AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture 17 Benchmarking Methodology 18 Benchmark Description 18 Benchmarking System Configuration 21 Test System Configurations 21 Windows Vista™ Installation 22 BIOS
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    Gaming and Multimedia Experience (City of Villains and Windows Media Encoder 9 38 POV-Ray 39 Vegas 39 Benchmarking Results 40 Overall Performance 40 Windows Vista, 64-Bit Applications 41 Windows Vista, 32-Bit Applications 44 Windows XP Professional, 32-Bit Applications 49 5 Contents
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    3.74 March 2007 Figure 1. Dual-Core Processor Architecture 14 Figure 2. HyperTransport™ Technology Block Diagram 16 Figure 3. AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture 17 Figure 4. Overall Performance 40 Figure 5. Overall Performance, Windows Vista™, 64-Bit Applications
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    AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide Table 1. Table 2. Table 3. Table 4. Table 5. Table 6. Table 7. Memory Bandwidth 13 Effect of Memory Bandwidth on Performance 15 Effect of Memory Latency on Performance 15 Benchmark Application Sets 20 AMD Athlon™ 64 Single Socket Dual-Core Processor
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    AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 dual-core processors. Replaced Office Productivity, Digital Media, and Gaming categories with categories for Windows Vista™ with 64-bit applications, Windows Vista with 32-bit applications, and Windows® XP Professional with 32-bit applications. Removed the following benchmarks
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    the AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 processor, the AMD Athlon 64 processor 5000+, and the AMD Athlon 64 processor X2 3800+, relative to the Intel Pentium® D 950 processor and the Intel Pentium EE 955 processor. Added information about DDR2 memory latency to Chapter 2. Removed the following benchmarks: • WinRAR
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    this document. Updated to reflect the AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-53 (939) processor and the 3700+ and 3800+ processors relative to the Intel Pentium® 4 obsolete AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-51 processor information with the AMD Athlon 64 FX-53 processor. This change affects Table 3 on page 24 and each benchmark result.
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    on page 27, added instructions to skip steps 12 and 13 because they do not apply if Microsoft® Windows® is not yet installed. Instead, skip to step 14. On page 30 added notations that ASUS and MSI drivers are applicable only to their respective motherboards. Updated benefits for 64-bit processing in
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    The guide provides information for those interested in evaluating the performance of AMD64 technology, with particular emphasis on members of the hardware review community. Life of Document This document provides information about the performance of these processors: • AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 dual-core
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    benchmarks. Memory is marked/marketed on bandwidth. As Table 1 shows, during tests, DDR2-800 memory can provide up to 35% more bandwidth than DDR1-400. Table 1. Memory Bandwidth Sciencemark 2.0 Bandwidth (MB/s) Sciencemark 2.0 Latency (ns) AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor, DDR2-800 AMD
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    AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 $0'$WKORQŒ6LQJOH6RFNHW 'XDO& E\WKH86 (QYLURQPHQWDO3URWHFWLRQ $JHQF\ IRUDGYDQFHPHQW RIHQHUJ\HIILFLHQW FRPSXWHUWHFKQRORJ\ Figure 1. Dual-Core Processor Architecture 14 AMD64 Single Socket Processor Architecture
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    3800+, Dual-Channel Memory Single-Channel Memory Office Productivity 101.3% 100.0% Digital Media 101.9% 100.0% Computer Gaming 104.1% 100.0% Overall 102.4% 100.0% Memory latency is more critical to performance. As Table 3 shows, an AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 dual-core processor with DDR2
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    -quality results. - The 64-bit space is designed to bring home the digital experience. • The first true on-die dual core x86 PC processor - Inter-core communication at CPU speed - Direct access to memory controller and HyperTransport™ technology link 16 AMD64 Single Socket Processor Architecture
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    two-socket, four-core processing solution that features highbandwidth processor-to-processor communication between matched pairs of AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-70, FX-72, and FX-74 dual-core processors. Unbuffered DDR2 DIMM Unbuffered DDR2 DIMM Unbuffered DDR2 DIMM Unbuffered DDR2 DIMM 128-Bit Dual-Channel
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    used to generate the performance scores shown in this guide. The benchmarks are chosen with the following points in mind. • AMD Athlon™ 64 processors can run multiple tasks very efficiently. • Systems based on AMD Athlon 64 processors can take advantage of unique architectural features to deliver
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    under Windows XP Professional 1. Computer gaming benchmarks may reveal the limitations of a graphics card and may not truly represent relative processor performance. 2. The term "Central Processing Unit (CPU)" often refers to devices with a single processing unit. AMD uses the term "processor" to
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    AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 Table 4. Benchmark Application Sets Windows Vista™, 64-bit Applications CINEBENCH 9.5 Crafty 19.19 (four-thread version) Panorama Factory 4.4 POV-Ray 3.7beta-14 Windows Vista™, 32-bit Applications 3DMark™06 1.02 (CPU) Cakewalk
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    AMD Operating System Microsoft® Motherboard ASUS BIOS ASUS Model AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor Windows® XP Professional Windows Vista™ M2N32-SLI Deluxe Crashfree BIOS 3 Description 2.8 GHz clock frequency Version 2002 (Service Pack 2) RC2 NVIDIA® nForce 590 SLI MCP SATA Driver
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    Guide 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 Component Processor (2) Operating System Motherboard BIOS Hard Drive (2) RAM (4) Video Card (2) Table 6. AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture Manufacturer AMD Microsoft® ASUS ASUS Model AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor AMD
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    Configuration menu. i. Set AI Overclocking to Manual. ii. Press ESC to return to the Advanced menu. b. Select the CPU Configuration menu. i. Disable Secure Virtual Machine. ii. Press ESC to return to the Advanced menu. c. Select the Chipset menu. i. Select the Memory Controller menu. ii. Set
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    AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 h. Select the Power menu. restarts and the Welcome Center window opens. 9. Unselect Run at startup (Welcome Center.... at the bottom of the Welcome Center window, and close the window. 24 Benchmarking System Configuration
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    AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 10. Disable the screen saver and adjust the power and display settings as follows. a. Right-click a vacant area of the desktop, then select Personalize. b. The Personalization window OK. g. Close the control panel window. 12. Disable security alerts and
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    AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 d. The Security Center window opens. i. Click Change the way Security Center alerts me on the left panel, then select Don't notify and don't display... ii. Close the Security Center window. e. Click Turn automatic updating on or
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    Configuration menu. i. Set AI Overclocking to Manual. ii. Press ESC to return to the Advanced menu. b. Select the CPU Configuration menu. i. Disable Secure Virtual Machine. ii. Press ESC to return to the Advanced menu. c. Select the Chipset menu. i. Select the Memory Controller menu. ii. Set
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    AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 d. Select the SouthBridge Configuration menu. i. Disable OnChip LAN2. ii. Press ESC to return to block size value to 64K. 7. Press the F7 key. 8. At the prompt, type "Y" to clear disk data. 28 Benchmarking System Configuration
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    . Note: Use only Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional with Service Pack 2. The system being configured must have a floppy disk drive. 1. Copy the contents of the directory drivers\chipset\32-bit\ide\winXP\sataraid from the driver and utility CD-ROM supplied with the motherboard to a floppy disk
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    AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 35. Click Settings and click Advanced. 36. Click Change for Virtual Memory. 37. Select drive C:. 38. Select No paging file under Change virtual memory (paging file). 39. Click Set. 40. Select drive D: 41. Select Custom size. 42.
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    Support. c. Click the appropriate link under AMD Athlon™ 64/FX Processors. d. Click the Download Now! link next to AMD Athlon 64 Processor Driver for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 to download the installer file (amdcpusetup.exe). e. Click the Download Now! link next to AMD Dual-Core Optimizer
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    AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 4. Install the chipset drivers as follows. a. Place the installation disk supplied with the motherboard in the CD drive. b. Navigate to the chipset driver (setup.exe). c. Double-click the setup.exe file. d. Click Next on the
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    30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide Benchmark Installation and Testing To achieve accurate scores, carefully follow the procedures in this chapter. Make sure the computer system is properly configured (see Benchmarking System Configuration) before installing and
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    AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 Windows Vista™, 64-Bit Applications Before beginning benchmarking, disable the network adapter and disconnect the network cable from the computer. For all benchmarks, if a negative number is displayed in the results, the
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    30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide Windows Vista™, 32-Bit Applications Before beginning benchmarking, disable the network adapter and disconnect the network cable from the computer. For all benchmarks, if a negative number is displayed in the results, the
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    AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 CINEBENCH Install and Run the Benchmark 1. Transfer the contents of the install folder on the distribution disk to the HDD (c:\). 2. Execute cinebench_9.5.exe. 3. Select the Rendering (x CPU) benchmark from the panel on the left
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    30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide Windows® XP Professional, 32-Bit Applications Before beginning benchmarking, disable the network adapter and disconnect the network cable from the computer. For all benchmarks, if a negative number is displayed in the results,
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    AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide 30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 CINEBENCH Install and Run the Benchmark 1. Transfer the contents of the install folder on the distribution disk to the HDD (c:\). 2. Execute cinebench_9.5.exe. 3. Select the Rendering (x CPU) benchmark from the panel on the left
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    30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide Run the Benchmark 1. Execute cov-wme-bench-2.00). 2. City of Villains benchmark results for Game 1 and Game 2 are written to the results\ folder as the test runs and the Windows Media Encoder 9 Encode Time Panorama Factory
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    Performance AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor 100.0% AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor 150.4% AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 Dual-Core Processor 161.5% AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 Dual-Core Processor 172.2% 50% 70% 90% 110% 130% 150% 170% 190% Figure 4. Overall Performance Benchmarking
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    -Core Processor 100.0% AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor 154.5% AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 Dual-Core Processor 167.7% AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 Dual-Core Processor 181.1% 50% 70% 90% 110% 130% 150% 170% 190% Figure 5. Overall Performance, Windows Vista™, 64-Bit Applications Benchmarking
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    .0% AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor 176.6% AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 Dual-Core Processor 190.9% AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 Dual-Core Processor 207.0% 50% 70% 90% 110% 130% 150% 170% 190% 210% Figure 7. Crafty Performance¹ 1. Computer gaming benchmarks may reveal the limitations of a graphics card
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    30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor 100.0% AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor 114.1% AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 Dual-Core Processor 128.8% AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 Dual-Core Processor 138.3% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 110%
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    Processor 100.0% AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor 141.7% AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 Dual-Core Processor 150.7% AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 Dual-Core Processor 160.0% 50% 70% 90% 110% 130% 150% 170% 190% Figure 10. Overall Performance, Windows Vista™, 32-Bit Applications 44 Benchmarking
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    64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor 129.2% AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 Dual-Core Processor 132.4% AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 Dual-Core Processor 133.8% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 110% 120% 130% 140% Figure 12. Cakewalk Sonar Performance 1. Computer gaming benchmarks may reveal the limitations of a graphics card
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    AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor 180.5% AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 Dual-Core Processor 190.3% AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 Dual-Core Processor 208.3% 50% 70% 90% 110% 130% 150% 170% 190% 210% Figure 14. Crafty Performance¹ 1. Computer gaming benchmarks may reveal the limitations of a graphics card
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    30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor 100.0% AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor 110.1% AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 Dual-Core Processor 117.2% AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 Dual-Core Processor 125.2% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 110%
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    2007 AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor 100.0% AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor 102.2% AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 Dual-Core Processor 110.4% AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 Dual-Core Processor 116.4% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 110% 120% Figure 17. Vegas Performance 48 Benchmarking Results
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    100.0% AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor 155.4% AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 Dual-Core Processor 166.8% AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 Dual-Core Processor 176.1% 50% 70% 90% 110% 130% 150% 170% 190% Figure 18. Overall Performance, Windows® XP Professional, 32-Bit Applications Benchmarking Results
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    64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor 130.8% AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 Dual-Core Processor 139.9% AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 Dual-Core Processor 146.3% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 110% 120% 130% 140% 150% Figure 20. Cakewalk Sonar Performance 1. Computer gaming benchmarks may reveal the limitations of a graphics card
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    .0% AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor 173.2% AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 Dual-Core Processor 186.8% AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 Dual-Core Processor 197.9% 50% 70% 90% 110% 130% 150% 170% 190% Figure 22. Crafty Performance¹ 1. Computer gaming benchmarks may reveal the limitations of a graphics card and
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    -Core Processor 486.7% AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 Dual-Core Processor 522.1% AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 Dual-Core Processor 550.3% 0% 100% 200% 300% 400% 500% Figure 24. High Performance Gaming and Multimedia Performance¹,² 1. Computer gaming benchmarks may reveal the limitations of a graphics card
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    30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007 AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor 100.0% AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor 105.7% AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 Dual-Core Processor 112.1% AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 Dual-Core Processor 117.5% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
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    2007 AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor 100.0% AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor 107.7% AMD Athlon 64 FX-72 Dual-Core Processor 113.2% AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 Dual-Core Processor 118.2% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 110% 120% Figure 27. Vegas Performance 54 Benchmarking Results
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    Evaluation Guide Table 7. Performance Summary Benchmarks AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-62 Dual-Core Processor 2.8 GHz 1 MB L2 (2) AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-70 Dual-Core Processor (2) 2.6 GHz 1 MB L2 (2) AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-72 Dual-Core Processor (2) 2.8 GHz 1 MB L2 (2) AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-74 Dual-Core Processor
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Publication #:
30579
Revision:
3.74
Issue Date:
March 2007
Mark W. Welker
Johann Pais
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
One AMD Place
Sunnyvale, CA 94088
AMD Processor
Performance
Evaluation Guide