Pentium vs Althon


  

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  1. 1. Pentium vs Althon

    • AMD Athlon
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    • Intel Pentium
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Advantages

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AMD

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cheaper

fast floating point unit

lots of L1 cache

more work per clock cycle

faster system bus (133 MHz)

3DNow! extensions

Intel

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lower power consumption

produces little heat

runs at a true clock speed

lots of L2 cache

.13 micron process

new, reliable platform (socket 478)

Disadvantages

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AMD

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not running at true clock speed

high power consumption

produces lots of heat

little L2 cache

the aging .18 micron process

unreliable platform (socket A)

Intel

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costs more

very very very slow floating point unit

TINY L1 cache

less work per clock cycle

slower system bus (100 MHz)

Future Improvements

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AMD

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a new .13 micron process

Intel

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faster system bus (133 MHz)

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Definitely I choose AMD, and you will compare:

Intel's lovers: " Intel, Pentium....... "

AMD's lovers : "More cheaper, More Powerful, More longlife, Shorter name, More users around the world, etc, etc..... "

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Originally posted by linsook

cheaper, faster?

amd to intel? .........

linux to windows - :s

corvette to m3 - :D

hoes to wife :dead:

tap water to bottled water - :ermm:

is cheaper and faster always better?

In this case, yes. Windows wins over cheap fast Linux because of all the other factors such as 99.9% software compatibility, ease of use, good looks (Linux is frankly ugly).

You cannot say in the same way that Intel wins over AMD: cheap and fast are by far the CPU's most important attributes, so if you got those two things right, you win. Suffice to say, AMD got them right. Intel's P4 may have more "features" but at the end of the day the aim of these is just to speed things up. Also AMD don't change their minds about socket types every five minutes.

People buy Intel for their "solid reputation". However they fail to realise that actually AMD has a far better record than Intel. Since the PIII 1GHz joke, which I'm certain never shipped in any quantity until at least 6 months after "launch", Intel has had constant supply difficulties while AMD just keeps on shipping. Intel also has a terrible record of constantly changing its mind on everything: cache sizes (see Celeron), bus speeds, socket types (will ANY Intel processor fit in a motherboard designed for ANY other?? I assure you that many AMD processors will), memory types (the RDRAM vs SDRAM thing) and so on.

Through all this, AMD has been Mr. Consistency. Since the K6-2, bus speed has changed only twice (66-100-133), socket type has changed only twice (Skt7, SlotA, SktA), and common memory types - including the highly successful DDR standard - have always been supported.

Look to the future too: the AMD Hammer is Intel's nemesis especially since their Itanium flopped.

At the end of the day, I expect AMD to win the processor war.

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I'm gona let your AMD users in on a little secret about us Pentium 4 users. We are sore losers. when i bought my P4 it was the fastest and looked like it could kick AMD's stupid thunderbird ass. but a month or so down the line AMD came out with better chips, and with the new XP killing the competition i seriously wish i saved my money and went with a AMD.

So there it is folks, no more arguing about this crap. just leave it alone for now. people who want to waste their money on a high priced chip go with Intel. it is like when someone buys a really expensive watch. the watch sucks but it costs alot of money and you wana be bling blingn' when your friends come over or some one asks you about your computer. Sure you have the $$$ when you have a Intel, but it isn't worth it if you are out for the most cost effective and fastest computer experience you can get.

Nuf said

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  • 5 months later...
Originally posted by jessejlt

Here we go again..........:s

lol i was thinking the same thing but thought twice about posting my scathing reply. In the starters defense, this is an old thread which someone has so kindly dredged up....:right:

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AMD Athlon / Duron, best bang for the buck.

Originally posted by dacris2000

Advantages

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Intel

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produces little heat

Disadvantages

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AMD

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produces lots of heat

unreliable platform (socket A)

Where do you guys get this crap from? www.intelfanboys.com?

(no its not a real site... well it least that i know of)

They produce the same amount of heat, Intel does have better, more conservative heatsink requirements then AMD, and most people dont buy "AMD recomended heatsinks" and not proper case disignes, and wonder why they have problems. The last .18m Athlon and P4s produced the same amount of heat, its just how the motherboard reports the temp and what heatsink you have. Even these days you are seeing threads with P4 heat problems because of home built PCs with crappy heatsinks and poor case airflow setups.

And whats with this "unreliable platform (socket A)" BS, something again out of intelfanboys.com You think if the "socket A" platform was unstable, it would not have a growing market share, or even the majority of the vote there?

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Originally posted by Keldyn

In the starters defense, this is an old thread which someone has so kindly dredged up....:right:

/me points finger @ sailgreg :ponder:

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Apparently no one has seen the latest P4 2.53 Ghz benchmarks. Hate to say it, AMD is not the King of the Speed Hill.

Now, you get more processing power per dollar spent when you buy an AMD. There's no arguing that. The new Athlons are very efficient CPU's. But they are not the fastest.

Intel is (much) more expensive, but has cooler running CPU's. Anyone not on a budget should be getting an Intel.

I, however, wouldn't buy an Intel. It's just too expensive; intel is charging way too much for a processors. Their pre-533 Mhz bus CPU's were overpriced. And the original P4 was an abomination. Anyone who gives a damn about their money is going to buy an Athlon XP.

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I like Intel because it runs cool and because of quality and reliability. For an upgrade though, I like AMD because of the price.

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I give the speed crown to Intel, the new Williamette core based p4's are faster than the fastest thoroughbred. But the thoroughbred IS running slower than the P4, and the tbred is using a slower FSB. If you could OC the tbred to the same mhz I think we can guess the winner.

Oh the asus a7v333 is the first mobo to support reading the xp's on die thermomiter to help prevent fried processors. Soon Intel will have no advantage left

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I like Intel P4 because it runs faster and it, coupled w/ rambus memory, will outperform any AMD machine for the most part. JMHO

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