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Subject: Re: P4 Vs Athlon 64 bits

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 08:02:21 08/15/05

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On August 15, 2005 at 10:39:18, Mathieu Pagé wrote:

>On August 15, 2005 at 10:32:51, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On August 15, 2005 at 10:11:22, Mathieu Pagé wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I'm planning to buy an AMD Athlon 64 3400+. I never own an AMD computer nor a 64
>>>bits CPU.
>>>
>>>I'd like to know to wich Pentium IV clock this Athlon will compare regarding
>>>chess programs.
>>>
>>>Mathieu Pagé
>>
>>
>>Here is actual comparison, ignoring the 3400+ crap.
>>
>>A 2.2ghz opteron is significantly more than twice as fast as a single xeon
>>2.8ghz, from comparisons I have done many times since I am running on a 2.2ghz
>>opteron and have the xeon handy to compare with.
>>
>>I don't know what the clock speed is for the 3400+ stuff however...
>
>Hi Dr. Hyatt,
>
>This Athlon 64 is clocked at 2.4Ghz.
>
>However it's an "Athlon 64". Is not the Opteron a different CPU ?
>
>Thanks for the reply and good luck for the current tournament.
>
>Mathieu Pagé


I believe the only difference is that the chip you are looking at can not be
used in a dual processor or better.  That is, it is a single-cpu only and can't
be used in a dual or quad MB.  I assume the cache doesn't have the NUMA cache
coherency stuff which makes multiple cpus impossible to use.



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