Monday, August 26, 2002

Memory tests

Sisoft Sandra 2002

2.4Ghz P4 533Mhz FSB + RDRAM PC800 Click here for a larger image	2.53Ghz P4 533Mhz FSB + DDR266 Click here for a larger image
2.53Ghz P4 533Mhz FSB + RDRAM PC800 Click here for a larger image	AMD Athlon XP 2200+ DDR333 Click here for a larger image
AMD Athlon XP 2600+ DDR266 Click here for a larger image	2.8Ghz P4 533Mhz FSB + RDRAM PC1066 Click here for a larger image

Below, we've provided a compilation of our results in the form of two tables representing integer and floating-point performance.

Amazing is the sole word that comes to mind.

It's incredible, but the 2.8GHz P4 demonstrated nearly twice the performance of the Athlon XP 2600+. Even if the Athlon would have been employing DDR333 memory, it wouldn't have been enough to come substantially closer to the P4.

It's clear that AMD will have to quickly release the 166MHz FSB DDR333 generation of the Athlon XP if they want to keep up in this arena.

Next: Linpack memory tests.

Intel 2.8Ghz Pentium 4