My Q6600 is considerably quicker than my Phenom II 955

[Predator]

Having owned my Q6600 for almost two years now, I recently invested in a 955 3.2Ghz Black Edition for a dedicated server to run 2008 R2 DataCenter on for testing new products from my Technet subscription.

Had a quiet day yesterday so decided to do some benchmark testing between the two and was amazed by the results;

(Note: yes I know the clock differences are slightly different, but only marginal)

Q6600 @ (450x8)
Asus Rampage Formula
4GB OCZ 9200 DDR2 RAM
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

AMD 3.2Ghz 955 @ 3.5Ghz (200x17.5)
Asus M4A785TD-M Evo
8GB OCZ Platinum 1600 DDR3 RAM
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

Super PI (1M test)
Q6600 15sec
955 19sec

Sandra Utils Lite (Processor Arithmetic)
Q6600
Aggregate Arithmatic Performance 54.3GOPS
Dhrystone ALU 66.27 GIPS
Whetstone iSSE3 42.33 GFLOPS

955
Aggregate Arithmatic Performance 46GOPS
Dhrystone ALU 51.1 GIPS
Whetstone iSSE3 40.73 GFLOPS

I'm hoping someone will be able to explain why there is the noticable difference here and whether there's a simple explaination ie. FSB is higher on the Intel board etc. Seeing as I was considering selling my Intel setup, I'm now ofcourse having second thoughts!



Thanks in advance.

 

[Predator]

Thanks everyone for your comments. Forgot to mention the NB is set to 2200 and the RAM is 7-7-7-24 on the 955 board.

I think what I was really getting at was the fact how good the Q6600 is lasting seeing that I've had it almost 2 years and its still holding its own.

I've read so much about how good the 955 is, but my Q6600 is gonna stay around for a bit longer me thinks.

PS. since my first post, I tweaked the 955 up to 3.6 with only a minor voltage increase, so I completely agree how much easier they are to OC compared to the intel

 

[Predator]

No he didn't.....he has the NB running @ 2.2ghz and ram timings at a nice 7,7,7,20

Hi, yeah I must admitt it was a lot easier and less stressful OC'ing the AMD than the Intel

 

[Predator]

Super PI is a complete no between AMD, Intel architecture as its heavily Intel optimized & i do mean heavily.

Didn't know that mate. What do you recommend is the best way to compare then?