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The Top CPUs Under Linux

Posted by timothy on from the hard-to-go-wrong-nowadays dept.

Linux Hack writes "LinuxHardware.org has published their latest review and this one covers the top processors from both the big x86 manufacturers. If you want to see who's on top under Linux, you should check out this review. There's something here for both Intel and AMD fanboys!"

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  1. Re:First post? by QuantumRiff · · Score: 3, Funny

    That is not a spoiler, it is a summary.. It would only be a spoiler if people actually read the articles....

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  2. Power consumption -- wow! by dougmc · · Score: 3, Interesting
    The Intel Pentium D 840 cpu uses 130 watts. (The other cpus still use lots of power, but this one was tied for #1.)

    Wow.

    You know, it wasn't that long ago that the 60 mHz Pentium (1) was the chip that had massive power requirements. That behemoth used 13 whole watts of power!

    At 130 watts and 1.4 volts, that's 93 amps. That's just plain crazy. All that heat in that itty bitty package ...

  3. Careful there, pilgrim... by mosel-saar-ruwer · · Score: 5, Funny

    All that heat in that itty bitty package ...

    That's jailbait yer talkin' 'bout...

  4. Why x86 only? by TheRaven64 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Most (All?) of their benchmarks were running open source code. Surely they could have managed to test a few other CPU architectures. Of course, then the compiler optimisation would have come in, but that's understandable. If you're looking for a machine to run Linux on, then x86 isn't necessarily a requirement - and if it wins on performance or price / performance then that would be an interesting result.

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