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Subject: Re: Chess engine speed: Athlon XP 256k L2 vs 512k L2 results

Author: martin fierz

Date: 15:22:33 09/29/04

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On September 29, 2004 at 15:41:43, Aaron Gordon wrote:

hi aaron,

nice testing :-)
so i guess i was right to buy the athlon64 with 2.2GHz but only 512KB cache
instead of the 2.0GHz with 1MB cache; both with the same 3000+ performance
rating.

cheers
  martin


>All engines used 64mb hash (except CT14/15, which used 48mb). I used the
>starting position and did infinite analysis to a specific depth and recorded NPS
>at the end of the finished ply. Both cpus are exactly identical in design except
>the addition of the extra 256k L2 on the Barton core. Everything else on the
>system was the same between test runs.
>
>The system:
>Athlon XP 2400MHz, 200fsb (400DDR) 256K L2 Thoroughbred-B core
>Athlon XP 2400MHz, 200fsb (400DDR) 512K L2 Barton core
>Motherboard: Epox 8RDA / Nforce2 chipset
>Ram: Corsair PC2700 XMS running PC3200 @ 3-4-4-8
>
>ChessTiger 14.0:
>256k L2: 496.69307kn/s
>512k L2: 501.66kn/s
>Benefit: 0.099%
>
>Chesstiger 15.0:
>256k L2: 503.23611kn/s
>512k L2: 510.32394kn/s
>Benefit: 1.408%
>
>Deep Fritz 8:
>256k L2: 1103.5846kn/s
>512k L2: 1120.8281kn/s
>Benefit: 1.562%
>
>Deep Junior 8:
>256k L2: 1843.9153kn/s
>512k L2: 1843.9153kn/s
>Benefit: 0%
>
>Hiarcs 9:
>256k L2: 269.144kn/s
>512k L2: 269.144kn/s
>Benefit: 0%
>
>Shredder 8:
>256k L2: 409.28049
>512k L2: 424.82278
>Benefit: 3.797%
>
>Crafty 19.10:
>256k L2: 1425360 nodes/second
>512k L2: 1445435 nodes/second
>Benefit: 1.408%



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