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Barton's Here: Athlon XP 3000+ vs. P4 3.06 GHz

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By Frank Völkel published February 10, 2003

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Multimedia Performance: PC Mark 2002

Page 1: Architecture's Last Gasp: Athlon XP 3000+ With More Cache
Page 2: Architecture's Last Gasp: Athlon XP 3000+ With More Cache, Continued
Page 3: New CPUs With Barton Core: Athlon XP 2500+/ 2800+/ 3000+
Page 4: An End User's Question: How Many L2 Caches Does The Athlon Have?
Page 5: Overclocking To 2500 MHz - How It Works, Continued
Page 6: Overclocking To 2500 MHz - How It Works, Continued
Page 7: How It Works: Unlock The Multipliers 5.0 To 12.5
Page 8: How It Works: Unlock The Multipliers 5.0 To 12.5, Continued
Page 9: Fab30 Yield (Dresden): Max. 163 Barton CPUs Per Wafer!
Page 10: Comparing All Athlon XP CPUs
Page 11: The Test Board: Up Close & Personal
Page 12: Say No To Thermal Death
Page 13: Test Setup And Details
Page 14: Benchmarks Under Windows XP
Page 15: Quake 3 Arena
Page 16: 3D Mark 2001 SE
Page 17: Mp3 Makers Platinium
Page 18: Multimedia Performance: PC Mark 2002
Page 19: SiSoft Sandra 2003 Benchmarks: CPU And Multimedia
Page 20: Sysmark 2002
Page 21: Archiving: Winrar 3.11
Page 22: 3D Rendering: Cinema 4D XL 8.001
Page 23: Multitasking: 3D Studio Max 5.1 And Main Concept 1.3
Page 24: Conclusion: More Cash For Cache - Model Rating Unjustified, Optimal For Overclocking

Multimedia Performance: PC Mark 2002

In both benchmark tests, the Pentium 4 3066 is faster than the AMD Athlon XP 3000+. And, yet again, the Athlon XP 3000+ is clearly slower than the XP 2800+.