2800+ vs. 2800+

[monte84]

This has been of interst to me. Which, in most casses, would be faster:

A: 2800+ T-Bred @ 2.25GHz
B: 2800+ Barton @ 2.08GHz

I am owner of the 2800+ T-Bred.

Thanks for any input! 🙂

 

[sniperruff]

of course the barton with its bigger cache you silly cat

 

[IdahoB]

Originally posted by: sniperruff
of course the barton with its bigger cache you silly cat

Of course indeed. Hell - clock speed never means a thing, after all. Pay attention, Sniperruff 🙂

The Barton actually loses out in many cases when the extra cache makes little difference. In most cases, go for the clock speed. The XP is pretty efficient (compared to the P4 anyway) so the bonus cache doesn't actually makes that much difference, nor the faster FSB. Anand covered all this pretty thoroughly in the Barton review - go check it out.

 

[Bovinicus]

I think in most cases the difference would be pretty negligible. Also, it probably really depends on the application. Certain applications that like bigger ondie caches would definitely prefer Barton. Applications that need higher clock frequency will prefer the Thoroughbred.

 

[monte84]

thanks, i figured it was kind of a mixed toss, depending on application

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: IdahoB

Originally posted by: sniperruff
of course the barton with its bigger cache you silly cat

Of course indeed. Hell - clock speed never means a thing, after all. Pay attention, Sniperruff 🙂

The Barton actually loses out in many cases when the extra cache makes little difference. In most cases, go for the clock speed. The XP is pretty efficient (compared to the P4 anyway) so the bonus cache doesn't actually makes that much difference, nor the faster FSB. Anand covered all this pretty thoroughly in the Barton review - go check it out.

Efficient? I don't know this, I think this is a matter of how each chip is designed. I'm not an expert on the chips so I can't say much about it architecturally, but I do know that each processor depends on different things. Bumping the FSB and cache up for a P4 makes a big difference, just look at how much it was going from 400mhz to 533mhz to 800mhz on the FSB. AMD on the other hand, benefits simply from higher speeds.

I may be mistaken, so if you meant something else by efficient, just tell me, hehe 🙂

 

[JBT]

I think the T-Bred will win in most cases according to all the reviews anyways

 

[randumb]

Originally posted by: AgaBooga

Originally posted by: IdahoB

Originally posted by: sniperruff
of course the barton with its bigger cache you silly cat

Of course indeed. Hell - clock speed never means a thing, after all. Pay attention, Sniperruff 🙂

The Barton actually loses out in many cases when the extra cache makes little difference. In most cases, go for the clock speed. The XP is pretty efficient (compared to the P4 anyway) so the bonus cache doesn't actually makes that much difference, nor the faster FSB. Anand covered all this pretty thoroughly in the Barton review - go check it out.

Efficient? I don't know this, I think this is a matter of how each chip is designed. I'm not an expert on the chips so I can't say much about it architecturally, but I do know that each processor depends on different things. Bumping the FSB and cache up for a P4 makes a big difference, just look at how much it was going from 400mhz to 533mhz to 800mhz on the FSB. AMD on the other hand, benefits simply from higher speeds.

I may be mistaken, so if you meant something else by efficient, just tell me, hehe 🙂

He means efficient by the higher IPC.

 

[Corporate Thug]

the t-bred would be faster