Monday, November 12, 2001

Sisoft Sandra 2001

2Ghz Pentium 4 Click here for a larger image	1.8Ghz Pentium 4 Click here for a larger image
Athlon XP 1800+ Click here for a larger image	Athlon XP 1900+ Click here for a larger image

Below, you can view the compiled results in two seperate tables representing floating-point, and integer performance respectively.

As you can see, there is a net improvement in memory bandwidth when switching from the Athlon XP 1800+ to the newborn Athlon XP 1900+. It can also be noted that the performance gap between the Athlon and Pentium 4 systems is becoming smaller and smaller. It's actually quite surprising that the P4 systems - which use dual-channel Direct RAMBUS memory sub-systems - can't maintain a more distinct advantage over the Athlon systems and their DDR memory. It's also a bit surprising that the Athlon XP 1900+ doesn't do a bit better, considering that the KT266A chipset is reputed to be faster than previous socket A chipset combos.

Next: Linpack memory tests