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h2g2Fan · 08-09-2003, 08:27 AM

Actually, if you look at any benchmarks of equally priced chips, P4 outclasses AMD.

$263 Pentium 4 2.8GHz 800
crushes the equally priced...
$275 - Athlon XP 3000 400

Key Benchmarks from Tomshardware.com:

Q3 Arena @ 640x480x16: (higher is better)
P4 - 375 fps
AMD - 321.2

Q3 Arena @ 1280x1024x32: (higher is better)
P4 - 292.2 fps
AMD - 274.1

DirectX8 in 3dMark 2001 SE @ 1024x768x32: (higher is better)
P4 - 15942 marks
AMD - 15591

DirectX9 in 3dMark 2003 @ 1024x768x32: (higher is better)
P4 - 4813
AMD - 4745

Mp3 Audio Encoding: Mp3 Maker Platinum 3.04: (faster is better)
P4 - 78 seconds
AMD - 109

Archiving - WinRar 3.11: (faster is better)
P4 - 48 seconds
AMD - 69

Distributed Computing - SETI 3.03: (faster is better)
P4 - 1 minute, 37 seconds
AMD - 2 minutes, 19 seconds

Office Applications - Sysmark2002: (higher is better)
P4 - 383 marks
AMD - 326

Ok, that's enough to clearly crown P4 as the champ. I didn't pick these numbers for the purpose of making P4 look better, all of the benchmarks between these two processors are in P4s favor. And don't give the price argument, because it's also slightly in Intel's favor. Another key thing I left out is AMD still has heat issues that Pentiums are pretty much free of. My last 3 computers were AMDs, but based on these numbers and some word of mouth, I switched with the new one. Works great. I'll put it to good use when Hl2 comes out (still need to upgrade the video, card though).

08-09-2003, 08:27 AM	#6 (permalink)
h2g2Fan Loser Location: University of Maryland at College Park	Actually, if you look at any benchmarks of equally priced chips, P4 outclasses AMD. $263 Pentium 4 2.8GHz 800 crushes the equally priced... $275 - Athlon XP 3000 400 Key Benchmarks from Tomshardware.com: Q3 Arena @ 640x480x16: (higher is better) P4 - 375 fps AMD - 321.2 Q3 Arena @ 1280x1024x32: (higher is better) P4 - 292.2 fps AMD - 274.1 DirectX8 in 3dMark 2001 SE @ 1024x768x32: (higher is better) P4 - 15942 marks AMD - 15591 DirectX9 in 3dMark 2003 @ 1024x768x32: (higher is better) P4 - 4813 AMD - 4745 Mp3 Audio Encoding: Mp3 Maker Platinum 3.04: (faster is better) P4 - 78 seconds AMD - 109 Archiving - WinRar 3.11: (faster is better) P4 - 48 seconds AMD - 69 Distributed Computing - SETI 3.03: (faster is better) P4 - 1 minute, 37 seconds AMD - 2 minutes, 19 seconds Office Applications - Sysmark2002: (higher is better) P4 - 383 marks AMD - 326 Ok, that's enough to clearly crown P4 as the champ. I didn't pick these numbers for the purpose of making P4 look better, all of the benchmarks between these two processors are in P4s favor. And don't give the price argument, because it's also slightly in Intel's favor. Another key thing I left out is AMD still has heat issues that Pentiums are pretty much free of. My last 3 computers were AMDs, but based on these numbers and some word of mouth, I switched with the new one. Works great. I'll put it to good use when Hl2 comes out (still need to upgrade the video, card though).