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Article #162Re: Intel or AMD?
From: Sith Lord
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 19:52
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 19:52
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AMD chips do more instructions per clock cycle than Intel so yes, MHz isn't tell all. Compare TBird 1.4 to a P4 1.6 and you'll see the AMD come out on top, the XP1600+ at 1.4GHz will beat both, the XP does more per clock cycle than the Tbird. The XP1600+ is so called as it will perform like a TBird at 1.6GHz, which will way outstrip the 1.6GHz P4. The new Northwoods are better than the old P4 but I don't know if they stack up to XP chips. On Fri, 15 Mar 2002 16:06:22 GMT, cw <cw@DEADfidei.co.uk> wrote: >"Ari Oppenheimer" <ak79@iafrica.com> wrote in >news:3c9213fc.0@news1.mweb.co.za: > >> Hi, >> I've noticed that the new AMD Proccessors are call XP 1600, XP 1700, >> XP 1800 etc, but the actual speed of the XP 1600 for example is only >> 1.4 GHz. >> >> Now does this compare to a P4 1.6Ghz or a P4 1.4Ghz. Also, consider >> the fact the the P4 runs at a 400Mhz bus. To me it seems as if Intel >> comes out as the sure winner over here. After all it seems as if P4 >> 1.6Ghz is better than AMD 1.4Ghz,. >> >> Please let me know if my deduction is right, or should I go for the >> AMD > >I personally stick with AMD chips as they tend to be cheaper and better >performance wise. The AMD ratings have been devised as the speed of the >processor is not solely based upon the Mhz rating. >The AMD white paper explaining this rating is available from this link: > >http://athlonxp.amd.com/technicalInformation/understandingPerformance.jsp -- Antispam - all mail sent to sithlord@ gets deleted from server without me seeing it.
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