PC Perspective compared the AMD Phenom versus Athlon X2

While much has been made of Phenom's lack of performance when compared to the Intel Core 2 based products, I was curious how much faster the Phenom was than the older Athlon X2. It turns out that AMD had been quite busy under the hood, and the results were more impressive than I had originally expected.

AMD Phenom versus Athlon X2: Something Old, Something New...