AMD Processors and Intel Processors - Facts and Fiction
1. Duron is 20-40% faster than Celeron at the same clock speed. - FACT
Yes, that is true. There's two reasons for that. One, the AMD Duron is using a bus interface that has three times higher bandwidth than a Intel Celeron's bus interface. Two, the core of the Duron is simply more advanced, which makes it faster even at the same bus speed. Basically, Celeron is no competition to Duron.
2. AMD Processors are incompatible. - Fiction
"In our labs we are testing all kinds of Athlon and Duron platforms with all kinds of different components and I can definitely say that I cannot see any difference between the compatibility of AMD products and platforms compared to the same from Intel." (TomsHardware.com)
3. Chipsets for AMD processors are inferior to Intel chipsets - Fiction
Today you can find the same features in AMD processor chipsets as in Intels latest offerings.
4. AMD Processors are significantly less expensive than Intel processors although they are at least on par in terms of performance. - FACT
Yes, it's a fact. Have you just bought a Pentium III 933MHz for almost the same money you'd have to pay for a brand new Athlon 1200MHz that's way faster? We hope you haven't made this mistake already.
5. Software applications due not work correctly on AMD based systems. - Fiction
Thousands of applications have been tested and work the same as or better then they would on a Intel platform.
6. AMD platform is not dependable. - Fiction
In the last two years Intel has had some major problems. First they had to recall just under a million motherboards because of an error in their 820 chipset, which could have caused data loss. Second, Intel uses unconventionally means to produce the fastest Pentium III's. These methods are usually used in something call "overclocking". A term that means pushing the processor past it's specifications to increase speed. As a result they had to recall the Pentium III 1.13GHz with was a bit too overclocked.
7. Pentium III performs better than Athlon at the same clock speed in some 3D Games. - FACT
Yes, this is correct. The difference isn't huge and easily equalized by the price of the two processors. However, you can get an Athlon at a much higher MHz for the same price as a Pentium III so the advantage is still on AMD's side. Also, the Athlon 1200MHz is still scoring the overall best result in any 3D game.
8. Athlon outperforms the Pentium III in scientific and floating-point intensive applications - FACT
All software that requires complex math operations will run 40-50% faster on an AMD Althon compared to a Pentium III.
9. The AMD Athlon requires more power and cooling than a Pentium III. - FACT
This is true and that is why at UtopiaPC we only use AMD certified power supplies and heat sinks supplied by AMD. Extra fans are included in our higher end systems to keep the case well-ventilated.
10. The Intel Pentium 4 is faster than AMD's Athlon processors.
In most cases the AMD Athlon is the fastest processor. There are some situations where the Intel Pentium 4 is slightly faster. Overall AMD systems are the best choice, Pentium 4 systems can cost 2-3 time more money than an equal configured Athlon system.
1. Duron is 20-40% faster than Celeron at the same clock speed. - FACT
Yes, that is true. There's two reasons for that. One, the AMD Duron is using a bus interface that has three times higher bandwidth than a Intel Celeron's bus interface. Two, the core of the Duron is simply more advanced, which makes it faster even at the same bus speed. Basically, Celeron is no competition to Duron.
2. AMD Processors are incompatible. - Fiction
"In our labs we are testing all kinds of Athlon and Duron platforms with all kinds of different components and I can definitely say that I cannot see any difference between the compatibility of AMD products and platforms compared to the same from Intel." (TomsHardware.com)
3. Chipsets for AMD processors are inferior to Intel chipsets - Fiction
Today you can find the same features in AMD processor chipsets as in Intels latest offerings.
4. AMD Processors are significantly less expensive than Intel processors although they are at least on par in terms of performance. - FACT
Yes, it's a fact. Have you just bought a Pentium III 933MHz for almost the same money you'd have to pay for a brand new Athlon 1200MHz that's way faster? We hope you haven't made this mistake already.
5. Software applications due not work correctly on AMD based systems. - Fiction
Thousands of applications have been tested and work the same as or better then they would on a Intel platform.
6. AMD platform is not dependable. - Fiction
In the last two years Intel has had some major problems. First they had to recall just under a million motherboards because of an error in their 820 chipset, which could have caused data loss. Second, Intel uses unconventionally means to produce the fastest Pentium III's. These methods are usually used in something call "overclocking". A term that means pushing the processor past it's specifications to increase speed. As a result they had to recall the Pentium III 1.13GHz with was a bit too overclocked.
7. Pentium III performs better than Athlon at the same clock speed in some 3D Games. - FACT
Yes, this is correct. The difference isn't huge and easily equalized by the price of the two processors. However, you can get an Athlon at a much higher MHz for the same price as a Pentium III so the advantage is still on AMD's side. Also, the Athlon 1200MHz is still scoring the overall best result in any 3D game.
8. Athlon outperforms the Pentium III in scientific and floating-point intensive applications - FACT
All software that requires complex math operations will run 40-50% faster on an AMD Althon compared to a Pentium III.
9. The AMD Athlon requires more power and cooling than a Pentium III. - FACT
This is true and that is why at UtopiaPC we only use AMD certified power supplies and heat sinks supplied by AMD. Extra fans are included in our higher end systems to keep the case well-ventilated.
10. The Intel Pentium 4 is faster than AMD's Athlon processors.
In most cases the AMD Athlon is the fastest processor. There are some situations where the Intel Pentium 4 is slightly faster. Overall AMD systems are the best choice, Pentium 4 systems can cost 2-3 time more money than an equal configured Athlon system.
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