how does the athlon64 3200+ newcastle core compare to the athlon64 3400+ clawhammer core?

[hosto]

is there a huge difference between the performance of these processors? ive never actually seen proper benchmarking of the 3200+ newcastle core

 

[epsilon9090]

Nah, there isnt much of a difference. IMHO, I would get the 3200 because you get that extra 200 mhz which is good for speed, although the extra cache does make a little difference too. If you get a 3400, get a newcast that runs at 2.4 ghz with a 1meg cahce. thats nice.

 

[Mik3y]

both clawhammers perform identically. what epsilon doesnt understand is that amd made the newcastle because making a mainstream chip with 1MB L2 cache costs a lot more then making a chip with 512k L2 cache. because of the loss in cache, they added 200mhz to them. both clawhammers and newcastles perform identical. so what hosto's really comparing is a 3200+ and a 3400+, regardless of the cores. after making that decision, decide whcih core you would rather go for.

technically, the newcastle is a tad bit faster at stock speeds and the clawhammer is a tad bit faster overclocked. should it affect on whcih core to purchase? no. the differences are impossible to detect to the human brain.

 

[hosto]

the reason i mentioned this, is because in quite a few benchmarks i saw the 3000+ (2.0ghz 512k cache) very very close to the 3200+ (at 2.0ghz 1mb cache).

So i figured that the 3200+ (2.2ghz 512k cache) model mustnt be very far behind the 3400+ (2.2ghz 1mb cache) and faster in general than the 3200+ (2.0ghz 1mb cache) model

 

[Concillian]

You are correct.

Also the newcastle core overclocks better, 2400 - 2600 MHz range is pretty typical, while the clawhammers are kinda lucky to get 2400 MHz.
Generally the speed is better than the cache, which makes the newcastle a win whether you overclock or not.

 

[hosto]

sweet..i might try overclocking mine....hopefully it won't lessen the life of the cpu or damage it

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: Concillian
You are correct.

Also the newcastle core overclocks better, 2400 - 2600 MHz range is pretty typical, while the clawhammers are kinda lucky to get 2400 MHz.
Generally the speed is better than the cache, which makes the newcastle a win whether you overclock or not.

That's why I got the newcastle.
that and the fact it was cheaper.. seemed like a no-brainer to me.