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Subject: Re: Dual AMD v Intel Was Re: Here is the comparison !

Author: Wayne Lowrance

Date: 13:57:52 11/27/02

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On November 26, 2002 at 11:06:33, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On November 26, 2002 at 08:28:26, Brian Richardson wrote:
>
>>On November 26, 2002 at 02:28:19, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>
>>>On November 25, 2002 at 17:37:29, Brian Richardson wrote:
>>>
>>>>On November 25, 2002 at 16:29:39, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On November 25, 2002 at 16:00:56, Brian Richardson wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On November 25, 2002 at 14:33:16, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On November 25, 2002 at 10:19:13, Ricardo Gibert wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On November 25, 2002 at 02:45:35, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On November 24, 2002 at 23:10:44, Ricardo Gibert wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>On November 24, 2002 at 15:06:55, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>On November 24, 2002 at 14:25:47, Joachim Rang wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>On November 24, 2002 at 14:19:06, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>On November 24, 2002 at 13:15:09, Bob Durrett wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On November 24, 2002 at 11:49:07, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>http://www.specbench.org/osg/cpu2000/results/res2002q3/cpu2000-20020909-01635.html
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Didn't someone say RDRAM was bad for chess?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Bob D.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>But is still faster than any single processor available with any other memory.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Pichard.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Athlon XP 2600+ is 17% faster:
>>>>>>>>>>>>http://www.specbench.org/osg/cpu2000/results/res2002q3/cpu2000-20020812-01551.html
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Really, I must be blind.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Pichard.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>And faster still is the Athlon XP 2800+:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>http://www.spec.org/osg/cpu2000/results/res2002q4/cpu2000-20020923-01691.html
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>You are still missing the point here:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Did you check how many CPU(s)were enabled: = 1 for this test, I did NOT see
>>>>>>>>>CPU(s) enabled: = 2
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Pichard.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Both of guys provide examples with 1 CPU enabled. When I do likewise, I'm
>>>>>>>>somehow missing the point. Okey-dokey, I think I can live with that.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Sorry, I meant to say all of you missed the point, but at the same time when
>>>>>>>only 1 CPU is enabled, the Intel can not compete with any Athlon XP 2600+ or
>>>>>>>higher. Now if AMD release a Dual 2400 MP, it will beat the @#$+ out of Intel
>>>>>>>higher Xeon.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Pichard.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Actually, just the opposite has been shown for 32bit AMD
>>>>>>(e.g., slower than dual Xeon).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Brian
>>>>>
>>>>>Probably for the Dual 2200+ but NOT for the upcoming Dual 2400+ MP
>>>>>
>>>>>http://www.anandtech.com/IT/showdoc.html?i=1747&p=10
>>>>>
>>>>>And
>>>>>
>>>>>http://www.anandtech.com/IT/showdoc.html?i=1747&p=12
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Pichard.
>>>>
>>>>Multiprocessor performance is highly application dependent.
>>>>In this case, AMD does much worse with chess applications
>>>>(regardless of clock speed), than Intel.
>>>>
>>>>Thus, while the benchmarks cited above are meaningful, they
>>>>only apply to the workloads being tested, which have little to do with
>>>>computer chess.
>>>
>>>Just wait until AMD release the Dual 2600+ MP, and install Deep Fritz on one of
>>>this baby and compare it against a Dual Xeon 2.8 Ghz.
>>>
>>>Pichard.
>>
>>I will always bow to the data, but based on results so far, dual AMDs have
>>a scalability efficiency of about only 1.4x (where 2x would be ideal).
>>Dual Intels are at about 1.8-1.9x, at least for good SMP code (like Crafty's).
>>This more than makes up for individual AMD CPUs being somewhat faster than
>>Intel.  I would expect any 32bit AMD to be about the same, due to memory
>>bottlenecks.  This is not an issue for more general workloads.
>>The 32-64x Hammers should do much better.
>>Brian
>
>
>If you read the "underground analysis" it would seem that this is going to get
>worse.  The new AMDs are supposed to have a built-in memory controller on the
>processor chip.  Unfortunately, it is now known that it is an inferior
>controller compared to late Intel offerings.  The question is, how is AMD going
>to respond?  The answer is unknown, but if they don't, they will get their
>clock cleaned (again).

Again ? The heck you say ! Go to Tom's hardware. Also as for as I know a P4 is
much inferior to AMD's performance clock vs clock.
Thanks
Wayne



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