I am confused.

anuraj · 8 Jul 2011 at 20:29

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/203?vs=288

I just had a look at these. I'm confused and a bit freaked out that they are so similar.

Neutral people only.

No fanboys allowed.

DJ_Martin · 8 Jul 2011 at 20:31

What?

The i5 destroys the Phenom at almost everything

kiel367 · 8 Jul 2011 at 20:32

dont know if its just me, but it looks like the 2500k wipes the floor with it?

anuraj · 8 Jul 2011 at 20:33

Well they are very similar actually and look at the prices. A reliable source told me the first few dont count.

Reaper 392 · 8 Jul 2011 at 20:34

some of those tests say lower is better

anuraj · 8 Jul 2011 at 20:36

Reaper 392 said:
some of those tests say lower is better

This aswell.

pastymuncher · 8 Jul 2011 at 20:38

The i5 wins in all but 5 tests and in those 5 tests i presume make use of the extra cores in the X6.

hibernian1875 · 8 Jul 2011 at 21:32

Also, if gaming is your thing, then the i5 seems to be far superior by looking at the FPS comparison near the bottom, which is why is so often recommended for gaming builds.

postmanfw · 10 Jul 2011 at 02:41

Plus the i5 will probably do 4.8Ghz easily

jonny512379 · 10 Jul 2011 at 03:07

im confused to....

Both are good CPUs, but it looks clear that the i5 is the better CPU by approx 30%

Although i do agree that the way some reviews / posts are worded maybe you would expect more than 30% more powerful, but also don't forget that the comparison is without any OC and the i5 will go higher.

(the only thing i am a fanboy of is my wallet and will the parts i buy work my PC well)

tibbsey · 10 Jul 2011 at 03:13

DJmartin said:
What?

The i5 destroys the Phenom at almost everything

This really.

Not sure what you're getting at or why you would be freaked out that two CPUs yielded similar results in various benchmarks. :confused:

Energize · 10 Jul 2011 at 05:28

Don't see what the op is confused about? In most of the real world applications the i5 wins, with the phenom being fairly close in rendering and encoding because all of it's cores are fully utilised. Overclock the i5 to 4.8GHz and it's performance increases by 50% obliterating the phenom. No contest between the cpu's and AMD's pricing is quite frankly absurd.