AMD Phenom II X4 810 and X3 720 BE Processors

Last month, AMD launched the Phenom II X4 processor line-up, and with it ushered in the first desktop processors shapely using the company's 45nm process node. While the first two Phenom II processors to arrive, the 3.0GHz X4 940 and 2.8GHz 920, were understandably crack to previous Phenoms in terms of performance and power efficiency, and they remain the two most powerful processors in AMD's product stack today, they did not utilise every of the capabilities offered by their newly tweaked, and redesigned cores.


You see, the AMD Phenom II X4 940 and X4 920 were designed for the socket AM2+ platform, and as such, they supported exclusive DDR2 memory. The latest additions to the Phenom II line-up, the Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition and X4 810, however, are designed for the AM3 platform. That effectuation these newborn chips crapper work not exclusive in existing AM2+ motherboards with DDR2 memory, but in newborn AM3-based motherboards with DDR3 module as well. The flexibility of these newborn socket AM3 supported Phenom II processors should appeal to existing AMD system owners who may be intellection about a CPU upgrade, or possibleness newborn AMD-based system buyers who want the immunity to choose from a wide array of motherboards and module type at multiple price points.

We've condemned the newborn triple-core Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition and quad-core X4 810 for a spin in our work using both socket AM2+ and socket AM3 supported motherboard platforms, to give you every an intent as to how each configuration performs. Take a countenance at the specs below for some particulars, and then feature on for the full scoop...