Speed Isn't Everything: P4/2800 Meets Athlon XP 2600+

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Price Comparison: P4 Vs. Athlon XP

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Processor Price per 1000
Intel Pentium 4/2800A US$ 508
Intel Pentium 4/2666A US$ 401
Intel Pentium 4/2533A US$ 243
Intel Pentium 4/2400A US$ 201
AMD Athlon XP 2600+ US$ 297
AMD Athlon XP 2400+ US$ 193
AMD Athlon XP 2200+ US$ 183
AMD Athlon XP 2100+ US$ 174

Test Setup And Details

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Intel Hardware & Software (Socket 478)
Processors133 MHz FSB533 MHz Memory Clock Pentium 4 2.8 GHz (2800 MHz)Pentium 4 2.6 GHz (2666 MHz)Pentium 4 2.5 GHz (2533 MHz)Pentium 4 2.4 GHz (2400 MHz)Pentium 4 2.3 GHz (2266 MHz)
Processors100 MHz FSB400 MHz Memory Clock Pentium 4 2.4 GHz (2400 MHz)Pentium 4 2.2 GHz (2200 MHz)Pentium 4A 2.0 GHz (2000 MHz)Pentium 4A 1.8 GHz (1800 MHz)Pentium 4A 1.6 GHz (1600 MHz)Pentium 4 2.0 GHz (2000 MHz)Pentium 4 1.4 GHz (1400 MHz)
Motherboard and Memory Asus P4T533-C (Intel 850E Chipset) Revision: 1.01Bios: 1006 BETA 002 (07.08.2002)2x 256 MB RDRAM, PC800, 533 MHz, 40ns, Infinion2x 256 MB RDRAM, PC1066, 533 MHz, 32ns, Kingstone
Driver Intel 850E DriverV 4.00.1013 (7.06.2002)Intel IAA DriverV 2.2.0.2126
AMD Hardware (Socket 462)
Processors133 MHz FSB166 MHz Memory Clock Athlon XP 2600+ (2133 MHz)Athlon XP 2200+ (1800 MHz)Athlon XP 2100+ (1733 MHz)Athlon XP 2000+ (1666 MHz)Athlon XP 1900+ (1600 MHz)Athlon XP 1800+ (1533 MHz)Athlon XP 1700+ (1466 MHz)Athlon XP 1600+ (1400 MHz)Athlon XP 1500+ (1333 MHz)Athlon 1400 (1400 MHz)
Processors100 MHz FSB133 MHz Memory Clock Athlon 850 (850/100/133 MHz)
Motherboard and Memory Epox EP-8K3A+ (VIA Apollo KT333 Chipset) Revision: 1.0Bios: 8k3a2328 (19.06.2002)512 MB DDR-SDRAM, CL2.0, 166 MHz, PC2700, Winbond
Drivers VIA KT333 Driver 4 in 1 Version: 4.40(a)P3INF File Version: 1.60aAGP Driver Version: 4.20aIDE Filter driver Version: 1.20
Common Hardware
Graphics Card GeForce 4 Ti 4600 (MSI MS-8872) Version: 2.00Memory: 128 MB DDR-SDRAMMemory Clock: 650 MHzChip Clock: 300 MHz
Hard Drive 40 GB, 6L040J2, MaxtorUDMA100, 7200 U/min, 2 MB Cache
Network D-Link DFE-530TX (10/100 Mbit)
CDROM Asus 52x
Drivers and Software
Graphics Driver Detonator 4 Serie Version: 29.42
DirectX Version: 8.1
OS Windows XP, Build 2600
Benchmarks and Settings
Bapco Sysmark 2002 Version 1.0
Quake III Arena Patch V1.16640x480 - 16 bit / 1024 x 768 - 32 bitTimedemo1 / demo demo001 / nv15democommand line = +set cd_nocd 1 +set s_initsound 0 command line = +set cd_nocd 1 +set s_initsound 0Graphics detail = Normal
3DMark 2000 Pro Version 1.1Build 3401024 x 786 - 16 bitDefault Benchmark
3DMark 2001 SE Version 1.1Build 340Patch Build 3301024 x 786 - 32 bitDefault Benchmark
PCMark 2002 Pro Pack Build 100CPU and Memory Tests
SiSoftware Sandra Standard 2002 SP1 Version 2002.6.8.97CPU Multi-Media- / CPU Arithmetic- / Memory Bandwidth- Benchmark
Newtek Lightwave Version 7.5 - Build 572Render First Frame = 1Render Last Frame = 60Render Frame Step = 1Rendering Bench "SKULL_HEAD_NEWEST.LWS"Show Rendering in Progress = 320x240Ray Trace Shadows, Reflection, Refraction, Transparency = onMultithreading = 8 Threads
DivX Pro Version 5.0.02Xmpeg - Version 4.5150 MB VOB Datei, 3780 Frames, 720 x 480 pixel, 25 fpsAudio = off, Crop = on, Video Format = YV12Performance/quality = Slowest, Encoding bitrate = 780 kbps
Pinnacle Studio 7 Version 7.13.5Rendering - DVD Compatibleno Audio
Lame Version 3.9232 bit DOS Prompt, 178 MB Wave file, 44100 Hz32 - 320 kbit sampling
e-merge Winace Version 2.2178 MB Wave file, Compression = Best, Dictonary = 4096 kB
Maxon Computer Cinema 4D XL 7- Version 7.303Rendering in 1024 x 786, "Radiosity-Stairs.c4d"
magix mp3 maker platinum Version 3.04 D178 MB Wave file, 44100 Hz, VBR = on and quality
SPEC Viewperf Version 7.01280 x 1024 / 32 bit / 85 Hz, Vsync = off
Comanche 4 1024 x 768 / 32 bit / Audio = off
discreet 3ds Max 4.24.26 Service Pack 1Characters "Dragon_Charater_rig"Rendering Single, 1024x768