3DMark06 measures Shader 3.0 (i.e. DirectX 9.0c) performance. We run this software on its default configuration (1280x1024 resolution with no image quality settings enabled) and besides the 3D score given by this program we also compared the results from its internal CPU benchmark.

On 3DMark06 score Phenom X4 9550, Phenom X3 8750 and Core 2 Duo E8400 achieved a similar performance, but Core 2 Quad Q6600 was a little bit faster than these CPU’s: 3.43% faster than Phenom X4 9550, 3.91% faster than Core 2 Duo E8400 and 5.17% faster than Phenom X3 8750.

On 3DMark06 CPU benchmarking Core 2 Quad Q6600 was the fastest CPU, being 16.79% faster than Phenom X4 9550, 28.00% faster than Core 2 Duo E8400 and 31.42% faster than Phenom X3 8750.

Phenom X4 9550 was 9.59% faster than Core 2 Duo E8400 and 12.52% faster than Phenom X3 8750.

Core 2 Duo E8400 and Phenom X3 8750 achieved a similar performance.