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To: wanna_bmw who wrote (57533)10/6/2001 11:00:25 PM
From: jcholewaRead Replies (1) of 275872
 
> a quick check of Athlon MP benchmarks with respect to a
> similarly clocked Athlon show less than 5% performance
> gains on many applications.
> 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

I believe that your argument here is not logically sound (even though your conclusion is realistic). On most applications, performance does not scale well in most applications. A 5% improvement is not completely unrealistic for a 12.5% boost in frequency. And it is always conceivable (though not proven) that the advantage of the Palomino over the Thunderbird will increase at higher frequencies.
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