Intel vs. Athlon
Intel vs. Athlon
Anyone know any sites that can give architexture difference charts for these two processor types?
I checked a couple of sites that I usually use, and did a search for "intel vs. amd" here are the links.
http://zdnet.search.com/search?channel= ... el+vs.+amd
http://cnet.search.com/search?timeout=3 ... el+vs.+amd
hope that you find what you are looking for.
http://zdnet.search.com/search?channel= ... el+vs.+amd
http://cnet.search.com/search?timeout=3 ... el+vs.+amd
hope that you find what you are looking for.
"God does not play dice."
-Albert Einstein.
-Albert Einstein.
In one of those tests you can see that a AMD XP 1800+ (1533mhz) beats a more expensive Pentium 4 (2ghz).
P4 has almost 500 more mhz but AMD still beats it. Intel just can't compete very well. Ok the Northwood processors are pretty damn fast but AMD will soon release the Hammer processors and be nr. uno again.
P4 has almost 500 more mhz but AMD still beats it. Intel just can't compete very well. Ok the Northwood processors are pretty damn fast but AMD will soon release the Hammer processors and be nr. uno again.
hmm...
Comparing Northwood to Hammer is not really fair.
Northwood's enemy is Thoroughbred (IIRC they are both based on a .13 micron architecture). Thoroughbred, surprisingly, was just released on the mobile platform. As far as I know, that's the first time a major desktop and laptop architecture was released for laptops first. Thoroughbred for desktops and Northwood should both be released relatively soon.
Hammer and it's semi-counterpart, IA-64 (nickname?) are both 64-bit processors (instead of the normal, x86 32-bit). IA-64 is a complete break from x86, with emulation envolved. Hammer is a combination of 32-bit and 64-bit, theoretically allowing old programs to run w/o emulation. Intel is considering a counter to Hammer (a dual-platform one), but I haven't really heard much about it. I don't really remember release dates for these two products.
Comparing Northwood to Hammer is not really fair.
Northwood's enemy is Thoroughbred (IIRC they are both based on a .13 micron architecture). Thoroughbred, surprisingly, was just released on the mobile platform. As far as I know, that's the first time a major desktop and laptop architecture was released for laptops first. Thoroughbred for desktops and Northwood should both be released relatively soon.
Hammer and it's semi-counterpart, IA-64 (nickname?) are both 64-bit processors (instead of the normal, x86 32-bit). IA-64 is a complete break from x86, with emulation envolved. Hammer is a combination of 32-bit and 64-bit, theoretically allowing old programs to run w/o emulation. Intel is considering a counter to Hammer (a dual-platform one), but I haven't really heard much about it. I don't really remember release dates for these two products.