Soleron on 02 April 2010
| mrstickball said: Can anyone care to explain why the i5-750 is better than a Phenom II X4 965 when Passmark.com rates the Phenom higher on its user benchmarks? Curious to understand why... |
http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/18448
Games: X4 965 < i5 750
Productivity/Office: X4 965 < i5 750
Compression: i5 750 < X4 965
Image processing: i5 750 = X4 965
Media encoding: i5 750 < X4 965
3D modelling: i5 750 = X4 965
They are almost at parity, on average, but depending on the specific application one can beat the other. So look at which of those areas you use the most.
Other factors: i5 750 costs $20 more, its motherboard costs a bit more, but it consumes less power and overclocks a little better.
