AMD's Athlon 64 X2 4800+ & 4200+ Dual Core Performance Preview
by Anand Lal Shimpi on May 9, 2005 12:02 AM EST- Posted in
- CPUs
Multitasking Scenario 2: File Compression
For our next test, we simulated what would happen if we performed two disk intensive tasks at the same time: zipping the source code to Firefox while importing a 260MB PST file into Outlook 2003. You'll note that this is a slightly modified version of the test that we originally created; we modified the test by archiving the Firefox source instead of a single smaller file. The reason for this is that we wanted a more realistic test (from a file size/count perspective) as well as the ability to better discern between contenders.We ran the same Firefox and iTunes tasks from the last test again, and then did the following:
1) Open Outlook.
2) Start importing 260MB PST.
3) Start WinRAR.
4) Archive Firefox source.
WinRAR remained the application in focus during this test.
Here, we looked at two metrics: how long it took WinRAR to compress our test file, and how many emails were imported into Outlook during the time that WinRAR was archiving. Let's have a look at the results:
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DrMrLordX - Monday, May 9, 2005 - link
#9, I found it a little odd as well, but keep in mind that, not too long ago, Intel was still winning multimedia and 3d rendering benches on a regular basis with Northwood and Prescott. This might explain why Intel won narrow victories in some of the in-house multitasking benchmarks.What is clear is that the X2 is the superior processor when it comes to running lone multithreaded applications.
The X2 is useful for anyone, while the Pentium D will only shine for people with distinctive usage patterns. Too bad the X2 costs so much.
Zebo - Monday, May 9, 2005 - link
#9 every REAL WORLD AMD wins. I don't even look at synthetics or contrived benches so someone else maybe tells you if Intel won one.:) They tend to do really well in those.Zebo - Monday, May 9, 2005 - link
Total domination too bad I can't get one now!!!Anand what memory timings and CMD rate used in this review?
Frew - Monday, May 9, 2005 - link
Is overclocking the same with a dual core cpu?reactor - Monday, May 9, 2005 - link
good article, cant wait to see how yonah stacks up so i can make a decision on what to get.btw the graphs all say intel pentium D 840, instead of 640.
Aenslead - Monday, May 9, 2005 - link
Is it just me, or did AMD win in EVERY benchmark program? Simply amazing.Still, it surprises me to see intel push ahead on multitasking by a tad.
Swaid - Monday, May 9, 2005 - link
I hate the price of admission!anandtechrocks - Monday, May 9, 2005 - link
Amazing preformance, but half a G is really pushing it for a processor...Capt Caveman - Monday, May 9, 2005 - link
I hate that we have to wait til Q3/Q4.Brian23 - Monday, May 9, 2005 - link
While I'm very impressed by this IC, I hate paper launches.