If I could run my AMD XP2400 at 233MHZ

[russell2002]

If I could run my AMD XP2400 at 233MHZ

Would it run faster or slower than a K6 233.

 

[stevty2889]

not that you could run it at that speed, but probably faster, newer architecture, probably uses faster ram, but hard to say, cause I don't think you could possibly make it run that slow. I tried to underclock a pentium 200mmx to make it as slow as a 486 for some of my DOS games, but I couldn't get it below 133mhz and it was still too fast lol.

 

[russell2002]

Well I dont get everything then. The speed my comps runs at seems no faster than my old p3 450. And both ran 2000.

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: russell2002
Well I dont get everything then. The speed my comps runs at seems no faster than my old p3 450. And both ran 2000.

With enough RAM, you don't really need much CPU power to run Windows/edit documents/surf the web. However, the AXP2400+ should be *much* faster in any sort of CPU-bound situation (like running modern games, editing audio/video files, etc.)

As far as your original question, it should be faster (thanks to larger caches, deeper pipelines, and just generally more optimized hardware), but probably not by an enormous amount.

 

[imported_Kiwi]

Originally posted by: russell2002
If I could run my AMD XP2400 at 233MHZ

Would it run faster or slower than a K6 233.

I'm not sure I ever knew the size cache in that particular AMD cpu. I have still a K6-2/500 here, though. It's not running just now, however. Be that as it may, I believe the XP's have a lot more, and much faster, cache in them, with lots better internal algorithms built-in for using that extra cache. I think you would be able to sense the improvement just via that one difference.

 

[orangat]

Originally posted by: russell2002
If I could run my AMD XP2400 at 233MHZ

Would it run faster or slower than a K6 233.

The AXP would win easy. Even without DDR ram, higher FSB and larger cache, the AXP has more execution units. And I think the per cycle efficiency is not too far off.

Intel however seems to stumble in their initial debut then tweak the core to get very good performance.