Intel's New Weapon: The Coppermine

Gaming Performance Quake3

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Quake 3 Arena - 640x480x16Header Cell - Column 1 Header Cell - Column 2 NORMAL - Q3DEMO1Header Cell - Column 4
CPUfpsRow 0 - Cell 2 CPUfps
Pentium III 50085Row 1 - Cell 2 Athlon 50094
Pentium III 500E102Row 2 - Cell 2 Row 2 - Cell 3 Row 2 - Cell 4
Pentium III 533B90Row 3 - Cell 2 Row 3 - Cell 3 Row 3 - Cell 4
Pentium III 533EB105Row 4 - Cell 2 Row 4 - Cell 3 Row 4 - Cell 4
Pentium III 55092Row 5 - Cell 2 Athlon 550100
Pentium III 550E107Row 6 - Cell 2 Row 6 - Cell 3 Row 6 - Cell 4
Pentium III 60097Row 7 - Cell 2 Athlon 600106
Pentium III 600B97Row 8 - Cell 2 Row 8 - Cell 3 Row 8 - Cell 4
Pentium III 600E112Row 9 - Cell 2 Row 9 - Cell 3 Row 9 - Cell 4
Pentium III 600EB110Row 10 - Cell 2 Row 10 - Cell 3 Row 10 - Cell 4
Pentium III 650117Row 11 - Cell 2 Athlon 650109
Pentium III 667116Row 12 - Cell 2 Row 12 - Cell 3 Row 12 - Cell 4
Pentium III 700120Row 13 - Cell 2 Athlon 700114
Pentium III 733121Row 14 - Cell 2 Row 14 - Cell 3 Row 14 - Cell 4
Pentium III 750 (overclocked)124Row 15 - Cell 2 Athlon 750 (overclocked)117
Row 16 - Cell 0 Row 16 - Cell 1 Row 16 - Cell 2 Kryotech Cool Athlon 800121
Row 17 - Cell 0 Row 17 - Cell 1 Row 17 - Cell 2 Kryotech Cool Athlon 900125

I mentioned my surprise already before, Coppermine scores incredibly well under Q3Test. This is the one benchmark where Athlon is looking bad, but I wonder if this hasn't got something to do with GeForce's driver. I am sure that Athlon could look a lot better with some software optimizing as well.