In what areas is the Pentium better than AMD

[SouljaAC]

For example, I know that generally, AMD is better than Pentiums for gaming.

Can people give me more unbiased examples?

 

[CaBoOse999]

I dont know how that is biased AMD is better for gaming while P4's are better for multitaking and some other things.

 

[AristoV300]

Use the search button. This question has been asked many times before...

 

[SouljaAC]

can you post a link i cannot seem to find it

 

[MisterChief]

AMD = YAY!
Intel = NAY!:|

 

[SouljaAC]

just for that im going to buy p4

cuz i multitask

i can afford 10 less fps

 

[AnandThenMan]

Hmmmm, marginally better at running several heavy duty apps at once. Good for people that do nothing but encode mpeg files. Little else stands out IMO.

 

[fAlCoNNiAn]

AMD64 = Better at gaming

Intel P4 = Better at multitasking, video, etc.

 

[Amplifier]

I use an A64 (1.8) and a P4 (3.0) on a regular basis. The P4 isn't better at multitasking from what I've seen, don't know how that propoganda gets spread around.

 

[flatblastard]

Originally posted by: SouljaAC
just for that im going to buy p4

cuz i multitask

i can afford 10 less fps

You tell'em Soulja!
Holy crap, I thought I was the only one who could see it that way, that price isn't everything. Do your thing Soulja, because in all reality, both brands would probably serve you well regardless of whether your gaming or "multitasking" or whatnot. The minor differences probably would not be noticeable in everyday use.

 

[stevty2889]

My prescott also doubles as a space heater, got my 3.2ES @3.6 running in my bedroom, and didn't have to turn the heat on all winter! Although the 65nm chips should be greatly improved in the heat department. In any case I do a lot of multitasking, and my P4's have been good to me.

 

[trungthiendo]

they perform both the same, sure one is marginally faster in games, and one is marginally faster in video editing...the difference won't be all that beneficial unless you need that much faster

1min extra converting a mpeg into divx isn't all that much to wait...

they'll both do what you need..

intel=faster at video edition/converting
amd=raw power

both will do whatever it is you need at great speeds

 

[uOpt]

My AMD blows my Pentium away in these areas: compilation of C++ file which go overboard with templates, scripting languages (perl, python, php), exotic compiled languages (Common Lisp). The mysql benchmark suite also shows a huge advantage but I am not sure this benchmark suite is reliable and that I ran it correctly.

The Pentium is competitive when compiling C and moderate C++ files and for video and audio encoding.

Both judgements are adjusted for CPU price, that means "faster for the money" or "competitive for the money" for my CPUs (see sig).

Hyperthreading is mostly a joke when it comes to just run CPU-intensive things at the same time, and at work I had to turn it off because it lead to a huge slowdown.

However, Hypterthreading is a huge advantage if you mix one CPU eater in the background with a game in the foreground. I suspect this is because the hyperthreaded CPU can initiate bus transfers in situations where the normal CPU is blocked. The effect is the same under Windows and Linux so I think you can mostly rule out scheduler oddities, this is something hardware-wise. I suspect but did not verify that this applies to other heavy graphical applications on the AGP bus (GIMP/photoshop, Mozilla) as well.

Having said all that, I still like my Intel box better. I will get some extreme edition CPU for it and it will serve me long and well and as main allround machine, while the AMD is reserved to single things like blowing up tanks or experimenting with 64 bit OSes.

 

[kini62]

I tried both (3500+) and I ended up with the P4. It just seemed to have better all around performance for the way I used it. Gaming, HL2, Far Cry, Doom III, NOLF etc... all FPS. Home video, digital photos, web browsing, music-ripping, playing etc..., DVD encoding, ripping. Basic home type stuff. The P4 is great for this type of stuff.

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: MisterChief
AMD = YAY!
Intel = NAY!:|

This doesn't help.

 

[carlosd]

The P4 seems to be barely better in video encoding, and in very specific multitasking scenarios.
AMD is better in Games, and deveopment eviroments like C compiling and general usage, very good average multitasking also. A64 is also much cooler and generally cheaper.

 

[Machine350]

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003

Originally posted by: MisterChief
AMD = YAY!
Intel = NAY!:|

This doesn't help.

This doesn't help either.

Anyway, most wil argue that AMD is better for gaming and the P4 may be a little better at encoding and multitasking, but it's all pretty marginal differences.

 

[mdahc]

As previously mentioned but with a few additions:

AMD: gaming, programming, office-like applications, Web development
Intel: certain DCC/CAD/3D rendering applications, media encoding, a few multi-tasking benchmarks, and some software specifically compiled and optimized for P4's (i.e. Adobe CS, etc.)

Again, only marginal differences. However, AMD's lower power consumption, Cool 'N' Quiet technology and 1st to market status with 64-bit extensions did it for me.