View Full Version : AMD's FX-55 beats Intel's newest P4 Extreme like a drum in a Turkey Day Parade
The Frog 11-19-2004, 08:42 AM Just read Maximum PC's Head2Head comparison.
In 15 out of 19 benchmarks taken, the Athlon FX-55 running at 2.6GHz beat the Intel Extreme running at 3.46 GHz.
Here are the stats:
Athlon FX-55
CPU Clock: 2.6GHz
Frontside bus: Full Core Speed (2.6 GHz)
P4 Extreme
CPU Clock: 3.46GHz
Frontside bus: 1067 MHz
DngrMse 11-19-2004, 01:03 PM Man.....I remember when AMD was known only for their cheap knock-offs of Intel X86's. They've come up in the world, eh?
The Frog 11-19-2004, 02:24 PM Yes indeedy. Plus, somewhere in 2005 they'll be releasing a dual-core chip that has TWO of these things on it. Yowsa!
Von Apfelstrudel 11-19-2004, 04:30 PM Go AMD !
Personally, still an intel fan here. Why did they compare that to the 3.4EE? When Intel has a 3.8?
The Frog 11-21-2004, 01:05 AM 3.8 still not available for testing. Also, look how at 800MHz slower clock rate, it spanks the Pentium.
Anandtech did a test with a 3.8?
Who cares about clock? I care about price point.
The Frog 11-21-2004, 10:44 PM Well, then- AMD is also cheaper.
Nyah!!
The Frog 11-22-2004, 08:28 AM Bzzt. Wrong.
Athlon FX-55: $827
3.46 GHz p4 extreme: $999
That's from the article, and I'd imagine this 3.8 would cost more than the 3.46
3,8 is not EE, better performance, check the review out at anand.
The Frog 01-04-2005, 04:54 PM Update- this month they did the 3.8 P4J against it. AMD still won. Not as big, granted, but by now we're talking about Intel having 1.2 GHz more clock and still not winning.
DngrMse 01-04-2005, 06:09 PM Update- this month they did the 3.8 P4J against it. AMD still won. Not as big, granted, but by now we're talking about Intel having 1.2 GHz more clock and still not winning.
Sounds like AMD is just kicking Intel's butt all over the place. :nice:
This, of course, will force Intel to make better/faster/cheaper chips to compete with AMD. Which, of course, will force AMD to make better/faster/cheaper chips to compete with Intel. Lather, rinse, repeat!
The Frog 01-05-2005, 08:56 AM ...always repeat.
Brian 01-06-2005, 05:30 PM Sounds like AMD is just kicking Intel's butt all over the place. :nice:
This, of course, will force Intel to make better/faster/cheaper chips to compete with AMD. Which, of course, will force AMD to make better/faster/cheaper chips to compete with Intel. Lather, rinse, repeat!
May be wrong here, but, I don't think Intel has EVER made a less expensive chip than AMD. They may at some point get faster and better, but not cheaper....
Betty 01-06-2005, 05:33 PM Intel doesn't seem to be getting the faster and better part...
Brian-
While thats true, dngrs point was that the price point will need to get closer to AMDs.
We are not seeing the INSANE markup on CPUs today that we did see 5 years ago...
DngrMse 01-07-2005, 07:36 PM Brian-
While thats true, dngrs point was that the price point will need to get closer to AMDs.
We are not seeing the INSANE markup on CPUs today that we did see 5 years ago...
Competition. It's a beautiful thing.
Brian 01-08-2005, 01:02 PM Brian-
While thats true, dngrs point was that the price point will need to get closer to AMDs.
We are not seeing the INSANE markup on CPUs today that we did see 5 years ago...
I would be surprised if the cost gap narrows any more. :nonono:
The price gap hasn't narrowed to the point where making an Intel vs. AMD decision is difficult, even after the original Athlon and A-64 caught Intel with thier pants down, IMO.
The next batch of PC's I buy for my company will be AMD based PC's, already been approved by the board (hopefully along with that will be some A-64 based rackmount servers :nice: so I can retire these old HP LH3000 Netservers...damn things take up too much floor space )
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