The Final Battle: P4/2400 vs. Athlon XP 2100+ (2400+)

OpenGL Performance: Quake 3 Arena

In the four Quake 3 Arena time-demo runs, the Intel Pentium 4/2400 is ahead of the AMD Athlon XP 2100+. The Intel Pentium 4/2666 breaks a record here, achieving 344 fps. An Athlon 850 is just barely able to make 140 fps. The Athlon XP lacks memory throughput, causing the AMD platform to end up in the lower ranks. All chips that are not yet available on the market are marked with grey bars.