23. 3DMark05 (Synthetic DirectX 9 Benchmark)

The 3DMark05 is the most recent graphics benchmark from Futuremark. Because DirectX 9 once again exploits all features, the scenarios displayed are among the best available on conventional store-bought PCs. The extreme wealth of detail makes 3DMark 2005 an excellent graphics benchmark.

The results don't really need to be commented upon. But let us put it this way: Would you expect to be able to drive as fast on a single-lane highway that has heavy traffic coming from both directions as you could on a two-lane expressway? I wouldn't.

The nx6125 gets the short end of the stick once again in the CPU test. Okay, the RAM interface of the Turion 64 is integrated into the CPU core, which makes it very fast. The Intel systems, however, all have access to DDR2 memory, which is clocked faster. In addition, for the fastest operations in the CPU core, RAM access and large RAM bandwidth are necessary, of course. The architecture of the nx6125 limits these factors somewhat.

SiSoftware Sandra Pro (Synthetic Benchmark)

Sandra delivers interesting low level results with which raw data such as RAM bandwidth or theoretical CPU performance can be compared.

If we compare our results here with those of the Turion 64 Test from two weeks ago, it can be seen that the integrated graphics of the nx6125 "gobble up" nearly 400 kB/s of RAM bandwidth, due to its Shared Memory Architecture. This figure accounts for nearly 16% of the total. If the system were equipped with a dedicated graphics chip, the RAM bandwidth would be around 2500 kB/s.