Author: Matt Taylor
Date: 20:53:28 02/01/03
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On February 01, 2003 at 09:11:03, Kim Roper Jensen wrote: >I know that the comparison with AMD's performance rating and Intel GHZ is silly, >but its what they(AMD) intended to do for the general buying public, at least >AFAIK. > >/Kim AMD spearheads the "TPI" -- True Performance Initiative. Obviously they have the most to gain in selling processors based on performance rather than clock speed. Intel has supposedly bought in as well. However, since they have not yet agreed on a standard for rating performance, AMD is using a temporary means to rate its processors. The rating convention with AthlonXP is supposedly the equivalent speed in MHz of a Thunderbird at equal performance. Since they are identical in all but a few respects, I find this to be silly. They are banking on 50% more performance from aggressive prefetching and SSE support. The new Barton models that release Feb. 10th will also follow this silly convention. If I understand correctly, AthlonXP 3000 (Barton) is clocked at 2.25 GHz. AthlonXP 2800 (Thoroughbred-B) is also clocked at 2.25 GHz. -Matt
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