This test has been up since friday last week. Interesting performance numbers. It seems the A64 X2 pwns in everything except video encoding. It's seems the load balancing on these two processors is pretty different.
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AMD vs. Intel Stress test at Toms
- Thread starter ironique
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SynthDude2001
Lifer
*rimshot*
There are about 3 threads dealing with this between here and the general hardware forum....
The P4 EE will do better with these 4 cpu task due to hyperthreading and the OS scheduler seeing the EE chips as having 4 cores.....The results are not surprising.....What would be interesting is if Toms would turn off the encoding and see how the INtel chip would use those cycles for the 3 remaining apps....There is possibly 20% being dedicated to the encoding that could help in the gaming and lame encoding...I doubt it would have helped in winrar where AMDs have the prowess....I would imagine that 20% would somehow be spread throughout all of the benches which would likely mean the X2 would still have the overall lead in 2 or 3 of the test....
One needs to ask themselves is this the type of multitasking one would do???
Also if they placed the encoding in the foreground perhaps and the lame encoding or winrar in the background the thread priorities would have perhaps been scheduled differently and the Divx test could have been closer, but likely that app that was thrown to the background will get the shaft and very little cpu cycles...either way that 4th test was always going to be Intels....
Also remember this is only the EE models and the 840, 830 and 820 normal line minus the HT will not see this and hit the same wall AMD is with 4 cpu intensive apps....
The P4 EE will do better with these 4 cpu task due to hyperthreading and the OS scheduler seeing the EE chips as having 4 cores.....The results are not surprising.....What would be interesting is if Toms would turn off the encoding and see how the INtel chip would use those cycles for the 3 remaining apps....There is possibly 20% being dedicated to the encoding that could help in the gaming and lame encoding...I doubt it would have helped in winrar where AMDs have the prowess....I would imagine that 20% would somehow be spread throughout all of the benches which would likely mean the X2 would still have the overall lead in 2 or 3 of the test....
One needs to ask themselves is this the type of multitasking one would do???
Also if they placed the encoding in the foreground perhaps and the lame encoding or winrar in the background the thread priorities would have perhaps been scheduled differently and the Divx test could have been closer, but likely that app that was thrown to the background will get the shaft and very little cpu cycles...either way that 4th test was always going to be Intels....
Also remember this is only the EE models and the 840, 830 and 820 normal line minus the HT will not see this and hit the same wall AMD is with 4 cpu intensive apps....
http://www.tomshardware.com/stresstest/charts.html
Encoded Time on Intel System: 1290 Minutes
Encoded Time on AMD System: 80 minutes
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Encoded Time on Intel System: 1290 Minutes
Encoded Time on AMD System: 80 minutes
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1) Duive, GK defaults setting priority to lower than normal (I think whatever level is directly below normal priority) hence the encoding getting hardly any time.
2) clarkey01, see above, it's an OS scheduler thing that's 100% THG fault for not bothering to set up the test properly.
3) Mods, can this be combined with the other thread, or locked?
2) clarkey01, see above, it's an OS scheduler thing that's 100% THG fault for not bothering to set up the test properly.
3) Mods, can this be combined with the other thread, or locked?
Leper Messiah
Banned
people who mulitask. You could be encoding a new MP3 collection, rendering something, and surfing the web with about 15-20 panes/tabs open at once. A normal P.C. would be brought to its knees by such activity, yet a dual core would handle it pretty well.
Plus, there's always games + something else.
Plus, there's always games + something else.
Is it me or is that review really hard to read?
Are all of those programs running at once? If so it's clear there's a problem with the AMD rig ignoring the DIVX encoding.
Edit: Oh my mistake, for some reason I thought it was a dual cpu dual core rig, not a single dual core rig. Probably the background of the monitor saying in large font, "2 cpu" It's almost as if they are intentionally making the review hard to read.
Are all of those programs running at once? If so it's clear there's a problem with the AMD rig ignoring the DIVX encoding.
Edit: Oh my mistake, for some reason I thought it was a dual cpu dual core rig, not a single dual core rig. Probably the background of the monitor saying in large font, "2 cpu" It's almost as if they are intentionally making the review hard to read.
Just from the performance numbers, AMD seems to have the advantage, but remember what happens when you throw heat generation and power consumption back into the mix people? Heavy AMD advantage.
Of course, Intel has a significant price advantage, but when you factor in the cost of the required new motherboard, it's really not that much cheaper.
Of course, Intel has a significant price advantage, but when you factor in the cost of the required new motherboard, it's really not that much cheaper.
AnandThenMan
Diamond Member
The number or reboots shown must be only for a specific amount of time not all time. Maybe it's # of reboots for a 24 hour period?
AnandThenMan
Diamond Member
Swapping hardware right in the middle of a stability/stress test totally invalidates the test doesn't it?
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