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Earlier this year AMD launched the Phenom II series to succeed the original quad-core Phenom processors, with these newer desktop CPUs being built upon a 45nm process, tripling the amount of Level 3 cache to 6MB, and offering support for both DDR2 and DDR3 system memory. Prior to the launch of the Phenom II we had tested the AMD Shanghai Opterons on Linux and benchmarked these CPUs on OpenSolaris too, which were the server/workstation version of this new AMD 45nm core. With the Phenom II series there is the X3 and X4 line-up for triple-core and quad-core processors, respectively. In this article we are looking at how well the AMD Phenom II X3 710 performs under Ubuntu Linux.
I built a Linux box recently with an AMD Phenom II 940 Black Edition... I don't normally overclock processors, but the AM2+ case/mobo that I picked (one of those little Shuttle "shoe box" cases) didn't recognize the Phenom II automatically so I had to enter the speed settings manually and when I did it the first time I calculated wrong and clocked it at 3.5GHz instead of the stock 3.0GHz. It ran reliably at that speed so after checking a couple of lower settings I put it back to 3.5GHz and it has been running stably there for a couple of months now.
Have to say that so far the Phenom II 940 has cut through every bit of work I've tried like a knife through warm butter. The price was pretty reasonable too...
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Have to say that so far the Phenom II 940 has cut through every bit of work I've tried like a knife through warm butter. The price was pretty reasonable too...