3DMark06

3DMark06

Notes

It’s Intel all the way in our 3DMark06 Overall result, with the dual-core Core 2 Duo E8400 taking a first place finish. The Core 2 Quad places second. AMD’s offerings fall into place in a somewhat predictable manner, with the quad-core Phenom X4 9550 leading all three Phenom X3s.

The threaded CPU test is another story entirely. Futuremark effectively takes graphics processing out of the picture here, so you aren’t seeing the same interference we’d encounter in a real-world game test at 1600x1200, for example. The quad-core offerings from AMD and Intel shine most brightly, followed by Intel’s Core 2 Duo E8400. Again, the three Phenom X3s trail slightly and are followed by AMD’s 45W Athlon X2 4850e.