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Technology Stocks : Advanced Micro Devices - Moderated (AMD)
AMD 231.83+1.7%Jan 16 9:30 AM EST
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To: TGPTNDR who wrote (57499)10/6/2001 9:58:07 PM
From: wanna_bmwRead Replies (4) of 275872
 
TGPTNDR, my only point in this, which I think has been lost, is to dispel the silly rumor that Athlon XP has model numbers based on how much faster it is than the Athlon (sans XP). While the theory that Athlon XP model numbers were based on performance over the current Athlon sounded like a good point to begin with, a quick check of Athlon MP benchmarks with respect to a similarly clocked Athlon show less than 5% performance gains on many applications.

In terms of model numbers over megahertz, the Athlon XP 1500+ is rated 12.5% greater than the core frequency, while the Athlon XP 1800+ is rated 17.5% greater than the core frequency. Clearly, they are not being modeled after the difference between Palomino and Thunderbird cores, unless AMD has only a small set of SSE enhanced benchmarks that show the Athlon XP getting huge improvements over their previous generation.

It seems reasonable to me that the model ratings are simply meant to show the Athlon XP as performing closer to the Pentium 4, without seeming too presumptuous. Then again, I also agree with others on this board that think that arbitrary model numbers are a bad idea, simply because of this fact that they are arbitrary, and not based on any concrete standard of measurement.

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