Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 17:50:31 06/29/03
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On June 28, 2003 at 21:35:42, Jeremiah Penery wrote: >On June 28, 2003 at 19:12:16, Ricardo Gibert wrote: > >>Elsewhere in this thread, someone asserted that for chess, the Opteron "not much >>faster" Mhz per Mhz as an Athlon XP. I thought this didn't seem right, but >>looking at the crafty sections of SPECint2000 at >>http://www.aceshardware.com/SPECmine/ makes it look like a fair (?) assessment. > >Did you look at the same numbers as I did? 1800MHz Opteron performs about where >you'd expect to see a 2100MHz Athlon for Crafty, according to SPEC numbers. So, >Opteron is performing some 16% better per MHz than the Athlon here. Yes I did look at the same numbers, but evidently I suffered from a "brain fart" when I looked at them 8-) You're quite correct that a 2100Mhz Athlon seems to be equivalent to a 1800 Mhz Opteron for crafty. I think I'll go open a window now to clear the air and hopefully my head.
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