CPU Tests: Can Affordable Processors Offer Performance Too?

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Our collection of processor reviews keeps on growing with four new tests today.  They've all got one thing in common: they're very affordable.  But that doesn't necessarily mean that you can afford to overlook them if you're looking for pure performance ...

AMD is represented by the Athlon II X4 640, a quad-core chip with an aggressive spec and price point.  Up against that, we have three chips from Intel, all of which are dual-core processors that fit 1156 sockets.  First up is the entry-level Pentium G6950, followed by the mid-range Core i3 540 which adds support for Hyper-threading and finally the Core i5 670 which comes with Turbo mode.

Remember that can compare and contrast the performance of all of these CPUs in our Face-Off.  It can be interesting, for instance, to compare the Core i3 540 to the Athlon II X4 640 ...

Finally, there's also a summary table showing how all of the processors we've tested did ...

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