Results mixed from Athlon, Pentium tests
By John G. Spooner and Michael Kanellos
Special to CNET News.com
October 9, 2001, 2:55 p.m. PT
Results of benchmark tests are in on the new Athlon XP processor, and the winner of the performance crown is...well, it's hard to say.
Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday unveiled its new Athlon XP processor for PCs. With the announcement, the chipmaker said that its Athlon XP 1800+ chip outperforms Intel's 2GHz Pentium 4 chip, even though the XP 1800+ runs at 1.53GHz. AMD adopted the new naming strategy to reflect performance relative to market-dominating Intel products.
For the most part, benchmark testers who've been running the chip applauded the Athlon XP, although an absolute winner is tough to declare. Some testers said the Athlon XP outperformed the 2GHz Pentium 4.
Some called it a better value. Most testers, however, said it depends on the application. The 2GHz Pentium 4 showed higher performance on tests related to 3D graphics, such as the game "Quake 3." But Athlon XP 1800+ excelled at productivity applications, such as word processing and e-mail.
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