Author: Günther Simon
Date: 10:45:29 06/24/03
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On June 24, 2003 at 13:33:23, Mike Hood wrote: >In the article recently posted on Chessbase's site John Nunn points out that for >applications that use a lot of integer arithmetic (like chess programs) a >Pentium 4 is slower than a Pentium 3 at the same clock speed. This is news to >me... can anybody please quantify this by giving in percent how much slower it >is. Either by references to web pages or the results of your own experiments. > >This could help me in my next computer purchase. My finances are limited, so one >of my options is to choose between a fast Pentium 3 and a slow Pentium 4. Just from my own experience: My PIV 2.67Ghz is 'only' 3.04 times faster than my PIII 650Mhz in kn/s for F8 marks with 64MB. One would have expected, that the PIV would be ~ 4.1 times faster, according to the clock speed difference... Regards, Günther
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