Revving up in the New Year: AMD Athlon64 3400+ versus Intel P4 3.2 GHz

Test Setup

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Intel Processors (Socket 478)
200 MHz FSB (Dual DDR400)Pentium 4 3.20 GHz Extreme Edition(3200 MHz 12-8/512/2048 kB)
200 MHz FSB (Dual DDR400)Pentium 4 3.20 GHz (3200 MHz 12-8/512 kB)Pentium 4 3.00 GHz (3000 MHz 12-8/512 kB)Pentium 4 2.80 GHz (2800 MHz 12-8/512 kB)Pentium 4 2.60 GHz (2600 MHz 12-8/512 kB)Pentium 4 2.40 GHz (2400 MHz 12-8/512 kB)
133 MHz FSB (Dual DDR333)Pentium 4 3.06 GHz (3066 MHz 12-8/512 kB)Pentium 4 2.80 GHz (2800 MHz 12-8/512 kB)Pentium 4 2.66 GHz (2666 MHz 12-8/512 kB)
AMD Processors (Socket A)
200 MHz FSB (DUAL DDR400)Athlon XP 3200+ (2200 MHz 128/512 kB)Athlon XP 3000+ (2100 MHz 128/512 kB)
166 MHz FSB (DUAL DDR333)Athlon XP 3000+ (2166 MHz 128/512 kB)Athlon XP 2800+ (2083 MHz 128/512 kB)Athlon XP 2700+ (2166 MHz 128/256 kB)Athlon XP 2600+ (1917 MHz 128/256 kB)Athlon XP 2500+ (1833 MHz 128/512 kB)
AMD Processors (Socket 940)
200 MHz FSB (DUAL DDR400)Athlon FX-51 (2200 MHz 128/1024 kB)
AMD Processors (Socket 754)
200 MHz FSB (SINGLE DDR400)Athlon64 3200+ (2000 128/1024 kB)
200 MHz FSB (SINGLE DDR400)Athlon64 3400+ (2200 128/1024 kB)
Memory
DDR433 (216 MHz)4 x 256 MB / 5ns / 64 Bit (Corsair TwinX)XMS3200 (CMX256A-3200C2 CL2 T1)
DDR400 (200 MHz)2 x 512 MB / 5ns / 64 Bit (Corsair)CMX512-3500C2 CL2
DDR400 (200 MHz)2 x 512 MB / 5ns / 64 Bit (Legacy Electronics Inc.)Reg. ECC (88S6HDAR-1TDG 5733) Infineon
DDR400 (200 MHz)2 x 512 MB / 5ns / 64 Bit (TakeMS)MS64D64020U-5
Motherboard
Intel 875(Socket 748)Asus P4C800-E Deluxe Rev. : 1.02Bios : 1011 BETA 0064 x 256 MB CL 2.0-2-2-5 (200 MHz)4 x 256 MB CL 2.0-2-2-5 (133 MHz)
NVIDIA nForce2 Ultra(Socket 462)Asus A7N8X Rev. : 2.00Bios : 10062 x 512 MB CL 2.0-3-3-6 (200 MHz)2 x 512 MB CL 2.0-2-2-5 (166 MHz)2 x 512 MB CL 2.0-2-2-5 (133 MHz)
VIA K8T800(Socket 754)MSI 8KT Neo (MS-6702)Bios : 1.0 Rev. : 1.02 x 512 MB CL2.0-4-4-8 (200 MHz)
Common Hardware
Sound CardTerratec Aureon 7.1 Space96.00 kHz Sample rate
Graphics CardMSI FX5900U-VTD256GPU : NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 UltraMemory : 128 MB DDR-SDRAMMemory Clock : 425 MHz DDRChip Clock : 450 MHz
Hard Drive (AMD System)FastTrak S150 TX2plus (Bios : 1.00.0.30)2 x SATA Maxtor 6Y080M0 (Raid 0)80 GB / 8 MB Cache / 7200 rpm
Hard Drive (Intel System)Intel FW82801ER ICH5R2 x SATA Maxtor 6Y080M0 (Raid 0)80 GB / 8 MB Cache / 7200 rpm
DVD/CD-ROMMSI MS-8216 16x DVD
Network (Intel - I875)Intel 82547ET (CSA)
Network (AMD - nForce 3)NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Controller
Network (AMD - nForce 2)NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Controller
Network (AMD - VIA 8KT800)Broadcom BCM5705KFB
Software
Intel ChipsetV 5.00.1012SATA - IAA V 3.51
VIA K8T800V 14.49
DirectXVersion : 9a
OSWindows XP, Build 2600 SP1