Athlon 64 speed

[clusoe]

Hi
Can anyone give me some advice re the comparative speed of an Athlon 64 3500 to an Intel. I understand that the AMD 3500 runs at 2200 Ghz. Where does this place it re an intel P4.

Ta so

 

[Geomagick]

Roughly 3.5 depending on the application.

The 3500 represents the mid to upper P4 so 3.4 and up depending on the application. In some apps it ill beat the 3.8 even.

Read the articles that have been written on the A64, there are plenty to choose from and make a decision which way to go depending on your usage patterns.

 

[Mik3y]

its roughly a P4 3.5ghz. thats the point of amd's pr rating. its not always the closest, but its an estimate.

 

[neoreturns]

Anand himself has a comparison up for HL2 and cpus. The 3500+ is about the same as a Intel Prescott 3.6 Ghz (it still outperforms it though)

 

[Sparky19692]

In most games a 3500+ will beat a P4 3.6 even the 570 I think that is 3.8 Don't bash me if I'm wrong look at the HL2 review on the home page.

 

[zakee00]

linkage

A64's beat every intel. that is, except for the A64 3000+

 

[SrGuapo]

Originally posted by: zakee00
linkage

A64's beat every intel. that is, except for the A64 3000+

And only the 3.8 could beat it...

 

[clusoe]

Thanks to those who replied. This clarified my thoughts

 

[zakee00]

thats only in games though, intels are fairly competetive when it comes to other things.

 

[Mik3y]

Originally posted by: zakee00
thats only in games though, intels are fairly competetive when it comes to other things.

agreed. imo, amd still wins as best overall performer in the current cpu market. intel is an extremely great performer to, but their lack of efficiency is what totally throws me off.

 

[SunSamurai]

ahh.. a 3500+ means its about the same level as a 3500Mhz P4. Why do you think they made it 3500+ instead of just the Ghz rateing?

 

[fixxxer0]

Now OC that 3500+ Winchester to 2600 andddd bye bye Intel on everything you can imagine.

 

[Zebo]

This site is really good because they sum up reviews with global indexed results.

http://www.behardware.com/articles/525/page10.html

Combining all thier tests, 3500 is a bit overated...it's about a 3.4 pentium overall.



Easy calculation is:
skt 754 A64 x 1.5 = P4
skt 939 A64 x 1.53 = P4
Skt 939 1mb lvl2 A64 x 1.58 = p4

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: aeternitas
ahh.. a 3500+ means its about the same level as a 3500Mhz P4. Why do you think they made it 3500+ instead of just the Ghz rateing?

Marketing. For years Intel had the majority of people fooled with the "MHz myth." To the average joe, a 3.0 GHz processor is better than a 2.0 GHz processor. Why? "Cause it has more GHz... duh!"

 

[jabronidan89]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

Originally posted by: aeternitas
ahh.. a 3500+ means its about the same level as a 3500Mhz P4. Why do you think they made it 3500+ instead of just the Ghz rateing?

Marketing. For years Intel had the majority of people fooled with the "MHz myth." To the average joe, a 3.0 GHz processor is better than a 2.0 GHz processor. Why? "Cause it has more GHz... duh!"

OMG ALL THOSE GHZ, IT MUST BE BETTER!!!!! HOW CAN IT NOT BE!!!! WOW AND AMD ACTUALLY THINKS SOMEONE WILL BUY THEIR PROCCESORS WHEN INTELS ARE FASTER AT THE SAME PRICE!!! HAHA.

I have actually heard a few people say that. I've actually argued with people over that and ofcourse they're only reason was as you said, more ghz=faster.