AMD 955 BE vs Intel I5 2400 - Round 1 Fight

[longers]

In the red corner we have the

AMD Phenom II 955 BE overclocked @ 3.8ghz

In the blue corner we have the

Intel Core i5 2400 @ 3.10ghz

Simple question, is one CPU significantly better for gaming than the other or are they evenly matched ?

No point mentioning other CPUs etc, these are the two i have infront of me and im building PC for mate and need to know which one will give better performance for gaming.

Thanks in advance

 

[stulid]

The i5 2400 will destroy the Phenom.

 

[Liquiduk]

at these clocks? Maybe the phenom, although an equally clocked i5 would win.

 

[Martini1991]

The 2400 I'd go with.

 

[stulid]

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i5-2500-2400-2300_7.html#sect0

The 2400 easily beats the 975BE

 

[Reaper 392]

at these clocks? Maybe the phenom, although an equally clocked i5 would win.

at these clocks, the only way it would be close is with an i3 2100

 

[longers]

Ok so the I5 will offer a considerable performance increase at its stock speed even though the phenom is OC'd to 3.8 ?

 

[stulid]

Ok so the I5 will offer a considerable performance increase at its stock speed even though the phenom is OC'd to 3.8 ?

Thats what post number 5 shows.

the 975BE is 3.6GHZ, an extra 200mhz wont help make up the deficit.

 

[longers]

Cheers, thanks for the responses

I5 2400 it is

 

[Reaper 392]

Cheers, thanks for the responses

I5 2400 it is

the 2500k is only £10 more, allows overclocking (with a P or Z series motherboard) and comes with operation flashpoint red river

 

[longers]

the 2500k is only £10 more, allows overclocking (with a P or Z series motherboard) and comes with operation flashpoint red river

No point mentioning other CPUs etc, these are the two i have infront of me and im building PC for mate and need to know which one will give better performance for gaming.

 

[SeraphX]

even at 4.4ghz the 955 suffers badly against a i5 2400 running at stock Take this word for it

 

[longers]

good good, guess i need to flog this phenom 2 then... any takers ?

 

[stulid]

any takers ?

No.

Got to get rid of mine

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

good good, guess i need to flog this phenom 2 then... any takers ?

If you already have a Phenom II X4 then TBH it is still going to be fine for almost every game.

There are plenty of us who still own Core2 quads.

Anyway it is nice to see the OP comparing a CPU which can be had for £90 at almost all retailers to one which is £140 to £150 at most retailers.

 

[stulid]

If you already have a Phenom II X4 then TBH it is still going to be fine for almost every game.

There are plenty of us who still own Core2 quads.

Anyway it is nice to see the OP comparing a CPU which can be had for £90 at almost all retailers to one which is £140 to £150 at most retailers.

But he has both CPU's in his possession, so the comparison is perfectly justified.

 

[SeraphX]

dont flog it lol still a perfectly good chip for day to day, it's only really beaten by intel in benchmarks, for day to day and gaming use you wont notice any difference

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

But he has both CPU's in his possession, so the comparison is perfectly justified.

It seems weird that you would spend £230+ on a pair of CPUs before doing any research first.

 

[james.miller]

even at 4.4ghz the 955 suffers badly against a i5 2400 running at stock Take this word for it

a benchmark heavily optimized for hyperthreading is going to look better on intel cpus, yes.

 

[stulid]

It seems weird that you would spend £230+ on a pair of CPUs before doing any research first.

Perhaps he has them lying around from previous pc's, I got a few random cpus lying around that many people would call decent, when to me they aint anymore.