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Intel "Northwood" vs. Athlon XP 2000+

Posted by timothy on from the alright-you-two-cut-that-out dept.

Augustus writes: "LinuxHardware.org has just published their results in the Pentium 4 verses Athlon XP war. In this review, the new Pentium 4 'Northwood' 2.2GHz is pitted against the Athlon XP 2000+. To level the playing field, both platforms use DDR memory which make for some interesting results."

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  1. Tom's Hardware Did This 2 Weeks Ago by LuxuryYacht · · Score: 5, Informative

    Take a look at

    http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/02q1/020107/ind ex .html

    They posted the results of their showdown 2weeks ago.

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  2. Results by Derkec · · Score: 5, Informative
    For those of you wondering what the results are, here's the summary of what Tom's did, I still can't get to LinuxHardware


    A comparison of the two top products from AMD and Intel reveals the astonishing: although the processors are as different from one another as apples and oranges, the difference is much less obvious in the benchmark results, when taken from an absolute standpoint.


    In any case, one thing is visible: in the majority of performance tests, the new Pentium 4/2200 is ahead. After all, the top AMD processor has to make do with 1666 MHz, while its archenemy steps in with 2200 MHz. A closer look at the comprehensive benchmarks reveals that in Office performance as well as Linux Kernel compiling, the Athlon XP still takes the lead, despite its 32% clock speed disadvantage!