Intel's New Weapon: The Coppermine

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Floating Point Calculation Performance

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3DStudioMAX - WindowsNT4	Header Cell - Column 1	Header Cell - Column 2	(Pictures Rendered per/hour)	Header Cell - Column 4
CPU	PR/h	Row 0 - Cell 2	CPU	PR/h
Pentium III 500	47	Row 1 - Cell 2	Athlon 500	68
Pentium III 500E	49	Row 2 - Cell 2	Row 2 - Cell 3	Row 2 - Cell 4
Pentium III 533B	50	Row 3 - Cell 2	Row 3 - Cell 3	Row 3 - Cell 4
Pentium III 533EB	52	Row 4 - Cell 2	Row 4 - Cell 3	Row 4 - Cell 4
Pentium III 550	52	Row 5 - Cell 2	Athlon 550	75
Pentium III 550E	54	Row 6 - Cell 2	Row 6 - Cell 3	Row 6 - Cell 4
Pentium III 600	57	Row 7 - Cell 2	Athlon 600	82
Pentium III 600B	56	Row 8 - Cell 2	Row 8 - Cell 3	Row 8 - Cell 4
Pentium III 600E	59	Row 9 - Cell 2	Row 9 - Cell 3	Row 9 - Cell 4
Pentium III 600EB	59	Row 10 - Cell 2	Row 10 - Cell 3	Row 10 - Cell 4
Pentium III 650	64	Row 11 - Cell 2	Athlon 650	88
Pentium III 667	65	Row 12 - Cell 2	Row 12 - Cell 3	Row 12 - Cell 4
Pentium III 700	69	Row 13 - Cell 2	Athlon 700	95
Pentium III 733	72	Row 14 - Cell 2	Row 14 - Cell 3	Row 14 - Cell 4
Pentium III 750 (overclocked)	74	Row 15 - Cell 2	Athlon 750 (overclocked)	103
Row 16 - Cell 0	Row 16 - Cell 1	Row 16 - Cell 2	Kryotech Cool Athlon 800	109
Row 17 - Cell 0	Row 17 - Cell 1	Row 17 - Cell 2	Kryotech Cool Athlon 900	120

Not much has changed in the pure floating point performance from Katmai to Coppermine. Athlon is still way ahead of its pursuers from Intel. Coppermine hasn't got the slightest chance. If you need to run a lot of rendering or other floating point intensive software, Athlon is the only sensible choice.