Final Rendering

Final rendering is an excellent example of tasks with well paralleled load. Therefore it is not at all surprising that Phenom X3 processor family perform exactly the way AMD wanted them to. The performance of the new triple-core processors fits precisely between the youngest Phenom X4 and the top Athlon 64 X2. Moreover, triple-core Phenom X3 compete quite successfully against dual-core Core 2 Duo including their 45nm models. It is a pity though that this is more likely to be an exception rather than a rule.