First Benchmarks of AMD Hammer Prototype

porciletto writes "As seen on Ace's Hardware, this article features Quake 3 benchmarks comparing an 800 MHz ClawHammer sample to Athlon MPs at 800 MHz and 1667 MHz, as well as a Willamette Pentium 4 (256 KB L2, 400 MHz FSB) at 800 MHz and 1600 MHz. The benchmark results indicate a 40% performance increase over an Athlon MP for the ClawHammer. Additionally, the 800 MHz ClawHammer manages to tie (actually outperform by 1 FPS) the 1667 MHz Willamette Pentium 4."

Comments

why would anyone buy intel?

[httpamphibio.us]

seriously, is there a logical reason to buy intel? it seems like they are selling all their chips in prebuilt machines. does anyone that is up on technology use intel chips? and if so, why?

Benchmarks

[gUmbi]

This is ridiculous - benchmarking a 64-bit server chip on Quake3? What's that suppose to prove? Is someone going to drool over this chip because it gives them 183fps instead of 182fps?

This is a server chip. Benchmark it using a database, a web server, number crunching, etc. Even better, why not put the 64-bit Linux port on it and run a kernel compile.

Jason.

Er, yes?

[Levine]

Yes, the reasons are called "compatibility" and "proper heat dissipation".

I know far too many people who have built AMD boxes - people who certainly know what they are doing - to have them crash and burn on a number of applications and games. The problem is so widespread across the AMD platform that the processor is the only logical point of failure.

Plus, I don't think I need to bring up the issue of the flaming AMD Athlon in too much detail to get everybody's minds on that Toms Hardware video. There have been rebuttals and claims of inaccuracy from the AMD camp, but for the record:

Removing the heatsink/fan from a P4 chip caused the machine to BSOD.

Removing the heatsink/fan from an Athlon caused it to BURST INTO FLAMES AND MELT

I don't care what the details of the situation were, I have absolutely zero desire to run a chip that has the possibility of catching fire. There's an old saying that I'm rather fond of, it goes "The bitterness of poor quality lasts much longer than the sweetness of low cost." If you buy AMD simply because it's cheaper... eh. Your machine, your loss.

Cheers,
levine

More AMD FUD

[TheAwfulTruth]

Great. Compare the latest generation AMD processor with a first generation P4.

Let's see the the thing benchmarked against at least the latest p4 2.53/512/533/1066 system. (Available TODAY) and then lets benchmark it against the latest Intel system when the thing actually ships which by then may be a p4 3.0/512/600/1200 system.

This is pure smoke and mirrors by a few AMD zealots. The Mac benchmarks that "prove" that a PPC chip is 4x faster than a p4 have continuously been shot down by anyone actually taking a look at the results with a little perspective. Now here we go with AMD...