Author: Anthony Cozzie
Date: 11:52:20 09/04/03
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On September 04, 2003 at 14:40:39, Terje Vagle wrote: >On September 04, 2003 at 14:07:22, Roy Eassa wrote: > >>On September 04, 2003 at 05:41:10, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >> >>>On September 04, 2003 at 02:00:34, P. Massie wrote: >>> >>>>I re-ran the benchmarks on a Centrino 1.5 ghz machine. The software was Fritz >>>>8, version 8.0.0.23, with 64 MB of hash. I got a result of 1135 for the >>>>Fritzmark and 1025 kn/s. >>>> >>>>Paul >>> >>>With Fritz 8.0.0.23 and 64MB hash, on a P4-3.06 I get 1238 Fritzmark and 1120 >>>KNS. It seems that the Centrino 1.7 is slightly faster than the P4-3.06 for >>>chess. >>> >>>Enrique >> >> >>What makes the Centrino so much faster at a relatively low GHz, even than the >>Athlon or P3? > >It seems to be the 1 MB On-Die Level 2 (L2) Cache. What else could it be? > >> >>Can one buy a desktop system using a Centrino instead of a P4? don't forget branches: the predictor is larger and the misprediction penalty is smaller.
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