Copy/Pasted from an email, and I'm too lazy to link each one.
http://active-hardware.com/english/reviews/processor/pentium4-2400mhz.htm
Active Hardware, 04/02/02
While AMD continues to push their Athlon XP chips along in 66mhz increments, Intel has pressed-on in great strides of 200mhz. The results have been compelling. In the last few months, we've seen the release of Northwood CPUs operating at 2ghz, 2.2ghz, and now 2.4ghz - while the AMD Athlon XP trails along at 1733mhz.
It's also worth noting that the AMD systems see fairly meager performance increases when using DDR333/PC2700 memory.
http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=1605
AnandTech, 04/02/02
...the 2.4GHz part...has given Intel the performance crown in all of the measurable categories...
In terms of frequency headroom, the Northwood core definitely has a lot of breathing room. It's not difficult at all to take even these 2.4GHz CPUs up to close to 3GHz levels without resorting to anything other than conventional air-cooling.
http://www.extremetech.com/article/0,3396,s=1005&a=24849,00.asp
ExtremeTech, 04/02/02
Then there's the whole stability issue. We've found some very stable, solid Athlon systems, but we've seen a lot of unstable motherboards, too. We've yet to have any major issues with motherboards using Intel chipsets. No motherboard is perfect, but we generally take stability over raw performance. If you do plan on building an Athlon-based system, careful motherboard selection is key.
http://firingsquad.gamers.com/hardware/pentium42400/
Firing Squad, 04/01/02
At 2.4GHz, you can?t deny the performance of today?s Pentium 4 release. Whether you?re a gamer, video enthusiast, or simply crave the latest and greatest the Pentium 4 2.4GHz should have more than enough performance to satisfy your needs.
http://www.gamepc.com/reviews/hardware_review.asp?review=p42400&page=1&mscssid=&tp=
GamePC, 04/03/02
Throughout the last year and a half since launch, we've seen the Pentium 4 processor emerge not only as a leader in clock speeds, but in raw performance as well.
...the Pentium 4 is back to becoming a favorite in the enthusiast community.
Encoding video is where the Pentium 4 shines, as it literally thrashes the competition.
While the Athlon XP 1.73 GHz is certainly a contender and gives good performance in this benchmark (Adobe Photoshop 6.01 Filter), the 2.4 GHz Pentium 4 just blows away the competition.
With the release of a 2.4 GHz Pentium 4 processor based on the "Northwood" core architecture, Intel has firmly placed themselves on top of the CPU performance pile....when the Northwood is cranked to 2.4 GHz, the picture gets much clearer. The overwhelming majority of software on the market now will run faster on this chip than anything else.
In short, the Pentium 4 is getting very, very good.
http://www.hardcoreware.net/reviews/processors/p4_2400/1.php
hardCOREware, 04/02/02
At the end of our AthlonXP 2100+ review, we spoke of the heat it produced. Well I should also mention heat here, because this is truly one of the great advantages of the Northwood P4. Heat? What heat? The 2.4 GHz, running at 1.5 volts, releases almost no heat at all. Certainly nothing compared to the AthlonXP 2100, and in fact, your video card is likely to give off more heat than this CPU. I have even seen passive heatsinks used on the P4 2.4 GHz. And Cyrix thinks they are the only ones who can do that...
http://www.hardocp.com/reviews/cpus/intel/p424ghz/index.html
HardOCP, 04/02/02
Intel clocks each new chip 200MHz higher, or 133MHz faster than each newly introduced processor from AMD. The Athlon XP gains 67MHz with each new release.
Every single one of our gaming benchmarks except for AquaMark and Serious Sam showed the Pentium 4 2.4GHz taking the lead. This is an area that is going to gain a lot of attention from us gamers out there. In the past the Athlon/XP has been the way to go if you wanted the best gaming. Is the tide changing? Is Intel finally coming back to rule the gaming scene once more? It definitely looks that way by the scores I've seen here. As Intel keeps ramping up speeds and as future support for SSE2 gets put into games, I can only see very good things coming from this.
http://www.hardware-unlimited.com/reviews/pentium4-2400/
Hardware Unlimited, 04/02/02
Till the release of the next generation processors, the Pentium 4 2.4Ghz is the reigning speed champ and continues to carry on the Pentium 4 line very proudly...
http://www.hexus.net/review.php?review=327
HEXUS, 04/02/02
We couldn't let our 2.4GHz P4 off without finding out just how far it could go. We placed it on a DDR motherboard, raised the voltage to 1.85v, and were mildly shocked to see it comfortably surpass the 3GHz barrier.
http://www.hothardware.com/hh_files/CCAM/p4northwood24g.shtml
HotHardware, 04/02/02
We've taken a look at the new Pentium 4 2.4GHz Northwood Processor and have shown you what it can do in a myriad of situations and software applications. Additionally, we've given you a look into what the future holds for the Pentium 4, with our over-clocked scores here. We've been impressed with the overall performance of the Pentium 4 since its debut in November of 2000.
http://www.serialaddiction.net/reviews/p4_2400/index.shtml
Serial Addiction, 04/01/02
Today we see Intel widen the gap between its top of the line chips and all competitors. With today's release of the Pentium 4 Northwood running at a core frequency of 2.4Ghz Intel is almost 700Mhz ahead of all other competition.
Looking back at our benchmarks we can see that the New Pentium4 is one of the best performing chips on the market right now.
http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardware/cpu/article.php/1002661
Sharky Extreme, 04/02/02
With the release of the Pentium 4-2.4 GHz we're seeing yet another 200 MHz speed increase from Intel, which puts even more pressure on the Athlon XP. Compared to the AMD strategy of 66 MHz incremental releases, Intel continues to lay down the hammer 200 MHz at a time...
In real-world testing, the new Pentium 4-2.4 GHz is also a very impressive CPU. Regardless of where you sit in the IPC vs. Clock Speed argument, this is the fastest desktop processor you can buy. Gaming speed is top notch, both i850 and i845D platforms are rock solid and the Pentium 4 Northwood core contributes to high-end performance and a cooler-running system.
Not only does the Northwood run cooler than the Athlon XP, but it is now the fastest performing desktop processor as well. We'll be watching closely to see how AMD reacts, but for now at least, Intel has the fastest chip on the block.
http://www.simhq.com/simhq3/hardware/reviews/p42400/
SimHQ, 04/02/02
We talked about the potential overclocking and perhaps this is the biggest draw for gamers. More bang for the buck is on most consumers minds these days and these new Pentium 4?s are very hard to beat when you can draw 800MHz+ more speed from a standard 1.6GHz chip that only costs $114 on the street!
Intel continues to march on with Pentium 4. In what seems to be a lead (some argue it is now a commanding lead when taking into account .13 leadership and FSB speeds) for them in the CPU wars, could get worse for AMD. Tehama is projected to be coming out soon with a 533MHz FSB. The performance of these new Pentium 4?s could, again, take off with an even higher FSB.
...an excellent desktop processor that is now powering around in full afterburner.
Right now these Intel desktop CPUs are the best performance processors released...
http://www.tekbug.com/articles/viewer.asp?a=253&z=26
SourceMagazine.com, 04/02/02
Intel has made the next logical jump in its processor line with its release of the 2.4-GHz Pentium 4. This new chip maintained its lead over AMD?s 2100+ in almost every test we threw at it-usually with some room to spare...Intel has provided the market with a fast and solid performer that is worth considering, if you want the fastest system on the market today...
http://www.tech-report.com/reviews/2002q2/pentium4-2.4/index.x?pg=1
The Tech Report, 04/02/02
The fact the Pentium 4 can reach 2.8GHz with standard air cooling speaks volumes about the Netburst microarchitecture-and about Intel's manufacturing prowess. This puppy is ready to scale right on up. I betcha Intel could release a 2.6GHz Pentium 4 tomorrow if the need arose.
Still, I have to wonder how much longer the Athlon XP can stay competitive with the top-of-the-line Pentium 4. AMD's coming "Thoroughbred" design is, by all credible accounts, nothing more than a die-shrunk version of the Athlon XP. The cache size and the chip's basic design are both unchanged. From everything I've been hearing, so is the chip's designated front-side bus speed. The Athlon XP might remain competitive with only higher clock speeds, but I expect it will have an ever-tougher time hanging with the Pentium 4 on bandwidth-intensive tasks as time passes. And as processors get faster, bandwidth is the name of the game.
http://thetechzone.com/display.php?i=144&p=1
The Tech Zone, 04/01/02
There is no doubt that Intel has created a very fast CPU. 2.4GHz not only sounds fast - it is fast! And unlike AMD, when Intel says their CPU runs at 2.40GHz, it does indeed run at 2.40GHz. None of those AMD silly naming schemes here. (my personal favorite!)
http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/02q2/020402/index.html
Tom's Hardware Guide, 04/02/02
In the previous "AMD vs. Intel" comparison, the Athlon XP 2100+ took the leading position by a nose, but now the Pentium 4/2400 easily overtakes its arch rival.
...the Pentium 4/2400 easily overtakes its arch rival (the Athlon XP 1.73 GHz).
http://www.tweak3d.net/reviews/intel/24/
Tweak3D, 04/02/02
The Pentium 4 2.4 GHz marks another speed increase for the Pentium 4 line of processors. Though it still uses a 400 MHz, it still is able to outperform its 2.2 GHz predecessor by 8% in most benchmarks.
http://www.tweak3d.net/articles/p4vsxp/
Tweak3D, 04/03/02
It?s really hard to declare a winner, depending on your standpoint, while the Athlon XP has put up a good fight, from a performance standpoint, the Pentium 4 running at 2.4 GHz is the winner.
http://www.vr-zone.com/reviews/Intel/P42400/
VR-Zone Hardware, 04/03/02
Intel's launch of this new Pentium 4 2.4Ghz will further put AMD behind in the Megahertz race where the current fastest AMD Athlon XP out there is only 1.733Ghz. In terms of raw clock frequency, AMD Athlon XP 2100+ is some 667Mhz behind the Intel Pentium 4 2.4Ghz.
We apologize for not to have an Athlon XP 2100+ in time for testing against the P4 2.4Ghz as we still couldn't obtain any AMD support for evaluation of their new processors. Without AMD direct support and a weak local AMD support, most often we don't get any new AMD processors for testing and comparison against the Intel processors. I hope you guys can understand the situation we are facing here.
The launch of the Pentium 4 2.4Ghz clearly put Intel in front of the Megahertz race and higher clock speed does translate into better performance. The clock speed gap is clearly widening as previously when Intel launched its P4 2.2Ghz, it is 533Mhz behind but with the new P4 2.4Ghz, Intel is taking a lead with some 667Mhz.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-873440.html
ZDNet, 04/02/02
The Dell Dimension 8200 and HP Pavilion 950, both equipped with the new 2.4GHz P4, are the fastest desktop systems ever tested in our lab, period. In fact, they are the first systems we've ever tested to break 200 frames per second on Quake III Arena--thanks to a big assist from the new 128MB Nvidia Ti 4600 graphics card.
Both systems compared favorably to the fastest Athlon XP+ systems, and in some areas we're really starting to see the P4 pull away from the pack, especially on the Internet Content Creation portion of the newest benchmark in our lab--SysMark 2002.
...the bottom line is that if you regularly use content creation apps like Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Macromedia Dreamweaver, or Flash, the P4 is clearly the fastest Windows platform
No matter how you look at Northwood, it's tough to deny that Intel is currently producing the fastest, most powerful desktop computing architecture money can buy. We know that's not what you AMD or Apple lovers want to hear, but the numbers don't lie.
http://www.jc-news.com/index.cgi
http://www.jc-news.com/review/ratings.cgi?product=Intel/P4-2.40
JC's Home Page, 04/02/02
Ah-HA! I've been a bit glum over the past couple weeks, but the triumphant release of the Intel 2.40GHz Pentium 4 has given me enough oomph to come back and do something interesting for y'all. 🙂 The P4-2.40, for most people, gives Intel the undisputed performance crown in general benchmark testing. Before this release, the Athlon XP 2100+ and the P4-2.20 were duking it out on more or less level ground. The new Pentium 4 not only goes a step beyond the competition, it rather violently squashes AMD CEO Jerry Sanders's explicit (and recent!) promise that Intel would not exceed AMD's product operating frequencies by more than 533MHz (for shame, Jerry!).
http://active-hardware.com/english/reviews/processor/pentium4-2400mhz.htm
Active Hardware, 04/02/02
While AMD continues to push their Athlon XP chips along in 66mhz increments, Intel has pressed-on in great strides of 200mhz. The results have been compelling. In the last few months, we've seen the release of Northwood CPUs operating at 2ghz, 2.2ghz, and now 2.4ghz - while the AMD Athlon XP trails along at 1733mhz.
It's also worth noting that the AMD systems see fairly meager performance increases when using DDR333/PC2700 memory.
http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=1605
AnandTech, 04/02/02
...the 2.4GHz part...has given Intel the performance crown in all of the measurable categories...
In terms of frequency headroom, the Northwood core definitely has a lot of breathing room. It's not difficult at all to take even these 2.4GHz CPUs up to close to 3GHz levels without resorting to anything other than conventional air-cooling.
http://www.extremetech.com/article/0,3396,s=1005&a=24849,00.asp
ExtremeTech, 04/02/02
Then there's the whole stability issue. We've found some very stable, solid Athlon systems, but we've seen a lot of unstable motherboards, too. We've yet to have any major issues with motherboards using Intel chipsets. No motherboard is perfect, but we generally take stability over raw performance. If you do plan on building an Athlon-based system, careful motherboard selection is key.
http://firingsquad.gamers.com/hardware/pentium42400/
Firing Squad, 04/01/02
At 2.4GHz, you can?t deny the performance of today?s Pentium 4 release. Whether you?re a gamer, video enthusiast, or simply crave the latest and greatest the Pentium 4 2.4GHz should have more than enough performance to satisfy your needs.
http://www.gamepc.com/reviews/hardware_review.asp?review=p42400&page=1&mscssid=&tp=
GamePC, 04/03/02
Throughout the last year and a half since launch, we've seen the Pentium 4 processor emerge not only as a leader in clock speeds, but in raw performance as well.
...the Pentium 4 is back to becoming a favorite in the enthusiast community.
Encoding video is where the Pentium 4 shines, as it literally thrashes the competition.
While the Athlon XP 1.73 GHz is certainly a contender and gives good performance in this benchmark (Adobe Photoshop 6.01 Filter), the 2.4 GHz Pentium 4 just blows away the competition.
With the release of a 2.4 GHz Pentium 4 processor based on the "Northwood" core architecture, Intel has firmly placed themselves on top of the CPU performance pile....when the Northwood is cranked to 2.4 GHz, the picture gets much clearer. The overwhelming majority of software on the market now will run faster on this chip than anything else.
In short, the Pentium 4 is getting very, very good.
http://www.hardcoreware.net/reviews/processors/p4_2400/1.php
hardCOREware, 04/02/02
At the end of our AthlonXP 2100+ review, we spoke of the heat it produced. Well I should also mention heat here, because this is truly one of the great advantages of the Northwood P4. Heat? What heat? The 2.4 GHz, running at 1.5 volts, releases almost no heat at all. Certainly nothing compared to the AthlonXP 2100, and in fact, your video card is likely to give off more heat than this CPU. I have even seen passive heatsinks used on the P4 2.4 GHz. And Cyrix thinks they are the only ones who can do that...
http://www.hardocp.com/reviews/cpus/intel/p424ghz/index.html
HardOCP, 04/02/02
Intel clocks each new chip 200MHz higher, or 133MHz faster than each newly introduced processor from AMD. The Athlon XP gains 67MHz with each new release.
Every single one of our gaming benchmarks except for AquaMark and Serious Sam showed the Pentium 4 2.4GHz taking the lead. This is an area that is going to gain a lot of attention from us gamers out there. In the past the Athlon/XP has been the way to go if you wanted the best gaming. Is the tide changing? Is Intel finally coming back to rule the gaming scene once more? It definitely looks that way by the scores I've seen here. As Intel keeps ramping up speeds and as future support for SSE2 gets put into games, I can only see very good things coming from this.
http://www.hardware-unlimited.com/reviews/pentium4-2400/
Hardware Unlimited, 04/02/02
Till the release of the next generation processors, the Pentium 4 2.4Ghz is the reigning speed champ and continues to carry on the Pentium 4 line very proudly...
http://www.hexus.net/review.php?review=327
HEXUS, 04/02/02
We couldn't let our 2.4GHz P4 off without finding out just how far it could go. We placed it on a DDR motherboard, raised the voltage to 1.85v, and were mildly shocked to see it comfortably surpass the 3GHz barrier.
http://www.hothardware.com/hh_files/CCAM/p4northwood24g.shtml
HotHardware, 04/02/02
We've taken a look at the new Pentium 4 2.4GHz Northwood Processor and have shown you what it can do in a myriad of situations and software applications. Additionally, we've given you a look into what the future holds for the Pentium 4, with our over-clocked scores here. We've been impressed with the overall performance of the Pentium 4 since its debut in November of 2000.
http://www.serialaddiction.net/reviews/p4_2400/index.shtml
Serial Addiction, 04/01/02
Today we see Intel widen the gap between its top of the line chips and all competitors. With today's release of the Pentium 4 Northwood running at a core frequency of 2.4Ghz Intel is almost 700Mhz ahead of all other competition.
Looking back at our benchmarks we can see that the New Pentium4 is one of the best performing chips on the market right now.
http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardware/cpu/article.php/1002661
Sharky Extreme, 04/02/02
With the release of the Pentium 4-2.4 GHz we're seeing yet another 200 MHz speed increase from Intel, which puts even more pressure on the Athlon XP. Compared to the AMD strategy of 66 MHz incremental releases, Intel continues to lay down the hammer 200 MHz at a time...
In real-world testing, the new Pentium 4-2.4 GHz is also a very impressive CPU. Regardless of where you sit in the IPC vs. Clock Speed argument, this is the fastest desktop processor you can buy. Gaming speed is top notch, both i850 and i845D platforms are rock solid and the Pentium 4 Northwood core contributes to high-end performance and a cooler-running system.
Not only does the Northwood run cooler than the Athlon XP, but it is now the fastest performing desktop processor as well. We'll be watching closely to see how AMD reacts, but for now at least, Intel has the fastest chip on the block.
http://www.simhq.com/simhq3/hardware/reviews/p42400/
SimHQ, 04/02/02
We talked about the potential overclocking and perhaps this is the biggest draw for gamers. More bang for the buck is on most consumers minds these days and these new Pentium 4?s are very hard to beat when you can draw 800MHz+ more speed from a standard 1.6GHz chip that only costs $114 on the street!
Intel continues to march on with Pentium 4. In what seems to be a lead (some argue it is now a commanding lead when taking into account .13 leadership and FSB speeds) for them in the CPU wars, could get worse for AMD. Tehama is projected to be coming out soon with a 533MHz FSB. The performance of these new Pentium 4?s could, again, take off with an even higher FSB.
...an excellent desktop processor that is now powering around in full afterburner.
Right now these Intel desktop CPUs are the best performance processors released...
http://www.tekbug.com/articles/viewer.asp?a=253&z=26
SourceMagazine.com, 04/02/02
Intel has made the next logical jump in its processor line with its release of the 2.4-GHz Pentium 4. This new chip maintained its lead over AMD?s 2100+ in almost every test we threw at it-usually with some room to spare...Intel has provided the market with a fast and solid performer that is worth considering, if you want the fastest system on the market today...
http://www.tech-report.com/reviews/2002q2/pentium4-2.4/index.x?pg=1
The Tech Report, 04/02/02
The fact the Pentium 4 can reach 2.8GHz with standard air cooling speaks volumes about the Netburst microarchitecture-and about Intel's manufacturing prowess. This puppy is ready to scale right on up. I betcha Intel could release a 2.6GHz Pentium 4 tomorrow if the need arose.
Still, I have to wonder how much longer the Athlon XP can stay competitive with the top-of-the-line Pentium 4. AMD's coming "Thoroughbred" design is, by all credible accounts, nothing more than a die-shrunk version of the Athlon XP. The cache size and the chip's basic design are both unchanged. From everything I've been hearing, so is the chip's designated front-side bus speed. The Athlon XP might remain competitive with only higher clock speeds, but I expect it will have an ever-tougher time hanging with the Pentium 4 on bandwidth-intensive tasks as time passes. And as processors get faster, bandwidth is the name of the game.
http://thetechzone.com/display.php?i=144&p=1
The Tech Zone, 04/01/02
There is no doubt that Intel has created a very fast CPU. 2.4GHz not only sounds fast - it is fast! And unlike AMD, when Intel says their CPU runs at 2.40GHz, it does indeed run at 2.40GHz. None of those AMD silly naming schemes here. (my personal favorite!)
http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/02q2/020402/index.html
Tom's Hardware Guide, 04/02/02
In the previous "AMD vs. Intel" comparison, the Athlon XP 2100+ took the leading position by a nose, but now the Pentium 4/2400 easily overtakes its arch rival.
...the Pentium 4/2400 easily overtakes its arch rival (the Athlon XP 1.73 GHz).
http://www.tweak3d.net/reviews/intel/24/
Tweak3D, 04/02/02
The Pentium 4 2.4 GHz marks another speed increase for the Pentium 4 line of processors. Though it still uses a 400 MHz, it still is able to outperform its 2.2 GHz predecessor by 8% in most benchmarks.
http://www.tweak3d.net/articles/p4vsxp/
Tweak3D, 04/03/02
It?s really hard to declare a winner, depending on your standpoint, while the Athlon XP has put up a good fight, from a performance standpoint, the Pentium 4 running at 2.4 GHz is the winner.
http://www.vr-zone.com/reviews/Intel/P42400/
VR-Zone Hardware, 04/03/02
Intel's launch of this new Pentium 4 2.4Ghz will further put AMD behind in the Megahertz race where the current fastest AMD Athlon XP out there is only 1.733Ghz. In terms of raw clock frequency, AMD Athlon XP 2100+ is some 667Mhz behind the Intel Pentium 4 2.4Ghz.
We apologize for not to have an Athlon XP 2100+ in time for testing against the P4 2.4Ghz as we still couldn't obtain any AMD support for evaluation of their new processors. Without AMD direct support and a weak local AMD support, most often we don't get any new AMD processors for testing and comparison against the Intel processors. I hope you guys can understand the situation we are facing here.
The launch of the Pentium 4 2.4Ghz clearly put Intel in front of the Megahertz race and higher clock speed does translate into better performance. The clock speed gap is clearly widening as previously when Intel launched its P4 2.2Ghz, it is 533Mhz behind but with the new P4 2.4Ghz, Intel is taking a lead with some 667Mhz.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-873440.html
ZDNet, 04/02/02
The Dell Dimension 8200 and HP Pavilion 950, both equipped with the new 2.4GHz P4, are the fastest desktop systems ever tested in our lab, period. In fact, they are the first systems we've ever tested to break 200 frames per second on Quake III Arena--thanks to a big assist from the new 128MB Nvidia Ti 4600 graphics card.
Both systems compared favorably to the fastest Athlon XP+ systems, and in some areas we're really starting to see the P4 pull away from the pack, especially on the Internet Content Creation portion of the newest benchmark in our lab--SysMark 2002.
...the bottom line is that if you regularly use content creation apps like Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Macromedia Dreamweaver, or Flash, the P4 is clearly the fastest Windows platform
No matter how you look at Northwood, it's tough to deny that Intel is currently producing the fastest, most powerful desktop computing architecture money can buy. We know that's not what you AMD or Apple lovers want to hear, but the numbers don't lie.
http://www.jc-news.com/index.cgi
http://www.jc-news.com/review/ratings.cgi?product=Intel/P4-2.40
JC's Home Page, 04/02/02
Ah-HA! I've been a bit glum over the past couple weeks, but the triumphant release of the Intel 2.40GHz Pentium 4 has given me enough oomph to come back and do something interesting for y'all. 🙂 The P4-2.40, for most people, gives Intel the undisputed performance crown in general benchmark testing. Before this release, the Athlon XP 2100+ and the P4-2.20 were duking it out on more or less level ground. The new Pentium 4 not only goes a step beyond the competition, it rather violently squashes AMD CEO Jerry Sanders's explicit (and recent!) promise that Intel would not exceed AMD's product operating frequencies by more than 533MHz (for shame, Jerry!).
