AMD athlon xp3200+ or Intel 3ghz

[CMH]

This thread was started quite some time ago.... I wonder why has it been brought up again

 

[C_Conqueror]

Choose the athlon, it is better. Athlon is always better.

 

[kimlo]

I think you mean GHz, Dani_17.

And, I hope your not comparing AMD vs Intel by their clock speeds. Actual clock speeds will vary greatly but does NOT necessarily have to do with performance.

In theory an AMD 3000+ would be the same speed as a Intel 3GHz processor, hence the reason for AMD using the 3000+ PR-rating. (Because the actual clock speeds vary they needed a way to show how the processor "should" measure up to an Intel).

I would go for the 3200+ because obviously 3200+ means AMD is saying the processor should perform like a 3.2GHz Pentium 4.
Also, if you compare the prices it is a no-brainer. You just have to ask yourself "Am I going to pay a LOT more money for a small performance increase" (in most cases your paying about $200 for 5% performance difference). And this performance increase usually depends on what kind of application you are running.

Now if you are rich like some people here are (even though they wont admit it) then it wouldnt matter.

when i looked at the website it said the frequency of the amd 3000+ 64 bit was 2.0GHz is the frequency same as the processor speed (for e.g 3.0Ghz) speed or am i all wrong can you please reply to this on kimlo_91@hotmail.com

 

[KingCody]

It's so funny how this thread just refuses to die... lol :haha: :haha: :haha:

when i looked at the website it the frequency of the amd 3000+ 64 bit was 2.0GHz is the frequency same as the processor speed (for e.g 3.0Ghz) speed or am i all wrong

but to answer your question kimlo...

the actual clock speed of the Athlon64 3000+ is 2.0GHz, but it is believed to perform equal to a 3.0GHz pentium4. Without getting too technical... AMD64 processors:
1.) make more efficient use of each clock cycle than P4s, so the clock speed doesn't have to be as high to perform the same
2.) L2 cache doesn't duplicate the L1 cache, so the L2 cache doesn't have to be as big as P4s to perform the same
3.) uses a direct connection to the system RAM via an built in memory controller which theorietically eliminates the bottleneck of having to go through the chipset

one thing to note is that while many people believe that the PR stands for "pentium rating", it actually stands for "performance rating" and according to AMD, the PR number does not refer to any competing intel processor, but it refers to the older athlon chips.