INTEL CORE I3 2100 VS AMD ATHLON II X3 455 REVIEW

We are testing the Intel Core i3 2100 processor against the AMD Athlon II X3 455 processor. The Intel Core i3 2100 is clocked at 3100Mhz and the AMD Athlon II X3 455 is clocked at 3300Mhz. We will be using Benchmarks for testing the Intel Core i3 2100 and AMD Athlon II X3 455 which are:- Divx, Povray, Sysmark 2007, Windows Media Encoder, Dragon Age Origins and World of Warcraft. The Intel Core i3 2100 has 7% lower clock speed than the AMD Athlon II X3 455 but the Intel Core i3 2100 has 3MB L3 Cache while the AMD Athlon II X3 455 has none. The Intel Core i3 2100 also has Hyper Threading Technology which makes up for being Dual Core

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