Intel Core 2 Duo Threatened: AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition CPU Review. Page 6
[03/20/2009 01:54 PM | CPU]
by Ilya Gavrichenkov
AMD have started to use new 45nm core for their unique triple-core CPUs. As a result, there appeared a very attractive solution for the mainstream segment. And taking into consideration remarkable potential of the Phenom II X3 CPUs, we have every reason to conclude that it is going to be a new sales hit.
Video Encoding


Video encoding is the type of load that can be very well split into parallel threads. Therefore, new-generation triple-core AMD processors do not leave any chances for the dual-core Intel solutions. However, they also fall far behind the junior quad-core offerings.
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