Microprocessor Report slams Intel P4

[bonkers325]

The latest issue of influential industry rag The Microprocessor Report says that AMD's Athlon at 1.2GHz outperforms Intel's Pentium 4 at 1.5GHz.

According to a piece written by senior analyst Peter Glaskowsky, hands-on tests show that despite the AMD clock speed being less than Intel's P4, typical systems perform 12 per cent faster even given the fact that Chipzilla's systems are armed with fast Rambus memory.

The analyst burnishes this statement by saying that AMD's Athlon at 1.2GHz is generally faster than a Pentium 4 running at 1.5GHz, "but this is not a very strong statement".

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[compuwiz1]

MHz is not everything.

 

[bonkers325]

yeah sure

without mhz it would be slow

 

[AndyHui]

I fail to see how

<< According to a piece written by senior analyst Peter Glaskowsky, hands-on tests show that despite the AMD clock speed being less than Intel's P4, typical systems perform 12 per cent faster even given the fact that Chipzilla's systems are armed with fast Rambus memory. >>

constitutes a slam. It's a statement of fact and does not criticise the Pentium 4.

 

[qiu]

Yeah it does.

Intel makes now such crappy stuff that even @1.5Ghz cannot perform AMD's 1.2 ;-)

 

[AndyHui]

Then how do you reconcile that to the introduction of the Pentium Pro? When it was produced, it was designed specifically for 32-bit programs, rather than 16-bit programs which were common at the time. A slower Pentium managed to outperform a Pentium Pro.

A minor change to the next iteration of the P6 family....the inclusion of a segment register, brought other apps up to speed. I would assume that Intel would do the same with the Northwood processor, and make a few minor changes to really make programs fly.