Athlon X2 6000+ > Phenom X3 8600B?

Motoman · 28th Jul 2008, 03:41 AM

...trying to determine what's the best CPU for gaming between the X2 6000+ (dual-core, 3Ghz) and the X3 8600B (tri-core, 2.3Ghz).

The benchies that I have seen seem to provide a clear win for the 6000+...only one that I saw showed a minor benefit to the X3. I don't honestly expect that at any time in the forseeable future that 3 slower cores will be better than 2 faster cores...thoughts?

Oh - right now these are both available for ~$110. So thereby a comparison is warranted.

generalRage1982hrv · 28th Jul 2008, 03:51 AM

well 6000+ and x3 haves almost same performance
x3 is better in 50% of tests and other half is going for 6000+ LOL but how i heard x3 can oc better (maybe i am mistaking)
but anyway would not recomend any of them

Unixlord · 28th Jul 2008, 04:29 AM

The 6000+ is better for gaming, the tri core would be better for encoding.

basic · 29th Jul 2008, 06:53 PM

I'd get the tricore, and BTW if you go for the x2 make sure it's the 89w not the old (and hotter

125w

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28th Jul 2008, 03:41 AM	#1 (permalink)
Motoman Warming up Join Date: 13 Jan 2008 Posts: 75 Reputation: 62 Rep Power: 0	Athlon X2 6000+ > Phenom X3 8600B? ...trying to determine what's the best CPU for gaming between the X2 6000+ (dual-core, 3Ghz) and the X3 8600B (tri-core, 2.3Ghz). The benchies that I have seen seem to provide a clear win for the 6000+...only one that I saw showed a minor benefit to the X3. I don't honestly expect that at any time in the forseeable future that 3 slower cores will be better than 2 faster cores...thoughts? Oh - right now these are both available for ~$110. So thereby a comparison is warranted.

28th Jul 2008, 03:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
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29th Jul 2008, 06:53 PM	#4 (permalink)
basic Newbie Join Date: 23 May 2008 Posts: 2 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	I'd get the tricore, and BTW if you go for the x2 make sure it's the 89w not the old (and hotter 125w Bugmenot dot com