The first Phenom processors have four core, but over time some processor will be released with three processors core (estimated in February) and two core ( in the second quarter 2008).
Since there is no samples of dual or three core processor , the current test used the processor Phenom 9600 (2.3 GHz), after switching off one or two core. Naturally, the third cache level , in all cases, was 2 MB.
Efficient optimization of performance under Multi threaded application get a noticeable increases in the transition from two to three core, and also from three to four. If there is no optimization, the results of three core processor are close to the Quad results. Given that processors series Phenom 8xxx with three core will be slightly cheaper than quad core, in the short term, some people can buy cheaper three core processor instead. However, the number of applications optimized under four core will grow, it is better to go with quad-processor. However, all will depends on the price ratio of the purchased CPU.
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