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The Mother of All CPU Charts

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the head-to-head-to-head dept.

||Plazm|| writes "Tom's Hardware has an entertaining read on the latest offerings from processor makers Intel and AMD. Not only does it contain a plethora of benchmarks on the latest Dual core CPU's, but it also includes benchmarks from over 60 other legacy processors. Better yet, they let the benchmarks speak for themselves and let you draw your own conclusions. You may want to fill up your 44oz mug before sifting through this one, though."

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  1. AMD wins every result except... by strider44 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Summary: AMD wins every single result except the synthetic Sandra benchmarks, which Intel wins quite convincingly (all except one test). Something tells me there's something slightly wrong with that benchmark.

    1. Re:AMD wins every result except... by ciroknight · · Score: 5, Interesting

      This seems very odd to me. Intel's usually at least competitive, now it seems that Intel has almost stopped competing in raw performance entirely. This isn't because they can't build fast chips; everyone remembers how heated those battles used to get (both metaphorically and physically).

      But in all seriousness, where is Intel? Parts of me think they've almost entirely abandoned the race with AMD simply out of spite the Pentium 4 didn't work out as well as they had hoped, or that they're trying to move everyone into Mobile computing mode with their new chips which have been on the burner for the better half of the new century.

      When were the latest chips released by each company? It seems Intel's gone into hibernation mode kind of like they did right before releasing the Pentium 4 in the first place. (Allowing the P3 [and now P4?] market(s) to stagnate and die off?) Come on Intel, what are you up to???

      Not that I don't love AMD winning; it just seems AMD does their best when they're pushed excessively by Intel to produce. Now AMD doesn't even make chipsets and their mobile offering is still quite the joke in the face of the Pentium M.

      Eagerly awaiting the speed wars to start back up.. I'm ready for some bargains!

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    2. Re:AMD wins every result except... by macshit · · Score: 5, Informative

      Now AMD doesn't even make chipsets and their mobile offering is still quite the joke in the face of the Pentium M.

      From what I've heard, the new AMD mobile chip ("Turon" I think) has pretty much caught up with the Pentium M, and is far better than the old AMD mobile junk.

      The Pentium M has a much bigger L2 cache, but the Turon has AMD's typically better memory interface, amd64 mode, etc.; the reviews I saw seemed to basically call it a wash (i.e., the results can go either way depending on which benchmark you use). In any case, AMD's clearly back in the mobile game.

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    3. Re:AMD wins every result except... by Logicdisorder · · Score: 5, Informative
      Have a read of this
      http://www.mobilityguru.com/2005/08/30/the_turion_ 64_inside_story/index.html
      http://www.mobilityguru.com/2005/09/06/the_turion_ 64_inside_story_part_ii/index.html

      It gives a good handle on the AMD chips for laptops. All in all it holds it own with the Pentium M, where the Pentium M has a good lead is in power saving.

      Also the AMD flagship laptop chip is 64bit so you would see a big jump in performace if you were to run a 64bit OS/Apps as you would except.

      I like the look of the AMD chips over all and feel that Intel has drop the ball on the x86 market and put the eggs in the Intamin basket. And that ship is going down faster than Kate Mose can do a line :P

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