CPU chart including older models?

[Devenhill]

I've had a look at some of the CPU charts, and they don't go far back as my Athlon XP 2500.

So I'm not sure how the Athlon XP 2500 would compare with current CPU models.

Does anyone know of a CPU comparison site where mine would still be included?

Thanks.

 

[Stumps]

It doesn't compare any more....most current CPU's will smoke any AXP.

 

[Devenhill]

Smoke being.....

2x faster at mp3 encoding, for example? 3x? 10x?

 

[f4phantom2500]

Smoke being if you regularly do anything processor-intensive for significant amounts of time, the money that's required to purchase a new setup would be justified, especially if you consider an Athlon 64 rig could be had with as little as a motherboard and processor upgrade, which could be lower than $100...of course you'd still be using your same AGP video card and it'd probably be s754, 939 if you're lucky...but still...

 

[StopSign]

Originally posted by: Devenhill
Smoke being.....

2x faster at mp3 encoding, for example? 3x? 10x?

Putting it against a C2D...somewhere in the neighborhood of 4 times as fast.

 

[bearxor]

Yeah, you're kind of in the same boat I was when I went to upgrade from my XPm 2600+. Here what you do:

Tom's charts 2004:
Pick your processor and a more modern processor to compare it to get a baseline. In this example I picked a Barton 2500+ and a Sempron 3100+. They're about even with the Sempron running slightly faster. So take note here. The Sempron 3100+ is slightly faster than your 2500+
http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu_2004....modelx=33&model1=80&model2=72&chart=21

Tom's charts 2006:
Now, I pick a Sempron 3100+ (roughly equivalent to the barton 2500+) and a Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (roughly equivalent to my Opteron 165). Now I have a fairly good comparison to how fast my current processor is to my old one.
http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html?modelx=33&model1=509&model2=480&chart=177

This isn't perfect, as tests change and test platforms change but it's as close as you might be able to get.

 

[Devenhill]

Perfect, thanks! I couldn't find the older charts