AMD Athlon II X2 240 vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200? [SOLVED]

[MackTheHunter]

I've got a motherboard and processor here from a newer PC (AMD Athlon II X2 240 (rev. C3)) along with the one I have now which is a Core 2 Quad Q8200 which appears to be garbage.

Should I stick with what I have or should I swap out for the AMD?

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[beachbum111111]

Get the AMD.

[KoopaScooper]

Core 2 Quad is almost two of those Athlons

Get the AMD.

How about no

[beachbum111111]

Core 2 Quad is almost two of those AthlonsHow about no

Lol was thinking of Phenom II. Nevermind

[KoopaScooper]

Lol was thinking of Phenom II. Nevermind

Still performs better than all Phenom II dual-cores

[beachbum111111]

Still performs better than all Phenom II dual-cores

Wow I used to think AMD CPUs were decent.

[KoopaScooper]

Wow I used to think AMD CPUs were decent.

They're great for budget builds if you want performance, hence forth why most people tend to go towards them. Their affordability to performance ratio is great.

[Fluff-is-back]

You're comparing a dual core processor and a quad core processor.

[Trymos]

You're comparing a dual core processor and a quad core processor.

cores usually dont matter as long as it starts with dual.

[Pentium]

Core2Quad by far. Not only does it have more cores than the Athlon, but it has better single-core performance as well.

[Headcrab Zombie]

Still performs better than all Phenom II dual-cores

Where are you getting these numbers from?
I'd love to know for future

[Blooker]

Sometimes I think people go for AMD instead of Intel just because they saw the word AMD.

[Freeze]

They're great for budget builds if you want performance, hence forth why most people tend to go towards them. Their affordability to performance ratio is great.

I love my AMD Phenom Quad Core <3

[KoopaScooper]

Where are you getting these numbers from?
I'd love to know for future

PassMark
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/

[beachbum111111]

Sometimes I think people go for AND instead of Intel just because they saw the word AMD.

I sometimes get into fights with people on the subject. They keep saying AMD CPU's are better performance wise as well. Its obvious they are either complete handicaps on the subject or there jealous that they spent there money on a processor that isn't as good