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
Gaming Multitasking Scenario
Our gaming multitasking test basically performs all of the tasks from our first Multitasking Scenario, with the exception of DVD Shrink. We have Firefox loaded with all 13 tabs from our new suite test, iTunes is running and playing a playlist, and Newsleecher is downloading headers. We kept Newsleecher in this test simply because it's the best way for us to be able to have a fairly CPU/disk intensive downloading task running in the background while still maintaining some semblance of repeatability. So, replace Newsleecher with BitTorrent or any other resource-consuming downloading that you may be doing and you're good to go. Note that although we refer to Newsleecher as disk-intensive, it isn't that disk intensive at all, like most downloading operations, in the grand scheme of things; it just acts as a good real world background task to have running.Of course, Norton AntiVirus 2004 and Microsoft's AntiSpyware Beta were also running in the background.
First, we ran our Doom 3 benchmark:
Next up is Splinter Cell:
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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.