Aqui teneis la prueba de estas 2 "bestias", estas son sus caracteristicas:

AMD Phenom X4 9850 Black EditionIntel Core 2 Quad Q9300Clock Frequency2.5GHz (12.5x multiplier)2.5GHz (7.5x) Bus Frequency200MHz333MHzL1 Cache Size128KB per core, split into 64KB data cache and 64KB instruction cache32KB per core (16KB data, 16KB instruction)L2 Cache Size512KB per core (2MB total)3MB shared per die (6MB total)L3 Cache Size2MB SharedNoneMemory Controller128-bit wide integrated on-dieChipsetMemory Controller ClockUp to 1.8GHzChipsetMemory SupportUp to DDR2-1066Up to DDR3-1600 or DDR2-800 (depends on chipset)Process Technology65nm SOI45nm High K + Metal GateTransistor Count450 Million820M (two dies)Die Size285mm^2214mm^2 Nominal Voltage1.1–1.25V0.85–1.36VRated TDP125W95WPrice$235 (check price)$299 (check price)


Y esta es la configuracion de prueba:


ModelModelProcessorAMD Phenom X4 9850 Black EditionIntel Core 2 Quad Q9300MotherboardGigabyte MA-790FX DQ6 (AMD 790G chipset)ASUS P5E3 Premium (X48 Chipset)Memory2 x 1GB Corsair PC2-8888 Dominator DDR22 x 1GB Corsair DDR3-1800 @ DDR3-1333Graphics CardPNY GeForce 8800 GTPNY GeForce 8800 GTHard Drive320GB Seagate 7200.10320GB Seagate 7200.10Optical DriveSony 16x DVD+/-RWNEC 16x DVD+/-RWPower SupplyTagan 1100W PSU (ESA compliant)Thermaltake Toughpower 1200WCPU CoolerArctic Cooling Freezer 64Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
Con Windows Vista y el Service Pack 1.

Una vez mas Intel sigue un pasito por delante de AMD, aunque estos nuevos Phenom logran dar la cara.

Test Test:AMD Phenom X4 9850 vs. Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 : AMD Phenom X4 9850 versus Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300: Performance Shootout and Review: By the Numbers