Intel PWNED in Dual Core fight

[FarFarAway]

CNET decided that its about time the AMD vs Intel Dual Core challenge was actually done for real.

What you all want to know now:

Tests were:

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Day-to-day computing

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Gaming

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Multitasking

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Photo editing

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MP3 encoding

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Video encoding

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Price vs. performance

Shamelessly stolen from CNET:

It wasn't even close.

After reading the round-by-round account of our dual-core desktop CPU prizefight, it should come as no shock that AMD's Athlon 64 X2 chips are the runaway victors here, laying out the Intel Pentium D and Pentium Extreme Edition 840 chips pins up. If we had to call out one chip, AMD's Athlon 64 X2 4400+ is an outstanding bargain given the competition, but as our results show, any AMD dual-core CPU will serve you better than its similarly priced Intel equivalent.

If you're wondering why there's such a striking performance difference between the two companies' processors, it likely has something to do with the memory controller. Among the technological differences between the two, AMD's memory controller--the component that sends information back and forth between your system's CPU and the memory--is an integrated part of the Athlon 64 X2's chip architecture. Intel's memory controller, however, exists as a separate piece of silicon on the motherboard. The additional distance between the CPU and the memory controller adds to the processing lag time and likely plays a part in Intel's lower scores.

Whatever Intel's strategy, it doesn't seem to have held up. We're very interested to see what happens when the next generation of chips and chipsets hits the market starting in January. But until then, AMD's Athlon 64 X2 should be your dual-core processor of choice.

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[JN]

Intel got OWNED

 

[FragTek]

Wirelessly posted (Nextel. Done. |: BlackBerry7520/4.0.2 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1)

Intel, spanked yet again... *hugs dual core opty*

 

[Ramedge]

boom head shot.

massive blow to intel

I cant believe intel did that bad ! - iam shocked, makes me trust AMD a lot more seing that though.

 

[nathan]

wow, didnt know there was that much difference. i've always gone with amd for gaming, intel for multimedia.

meh, times have changed.

 

[FarFarAway]

Yeah times have changed. I personally didn't think there would be such a difference. Damn am I happy with my X2

 

[nathan]

think im gonna go with amd when i next renew my machine, not anytime soon though. dont play many games.

 

[Dav0s]

i must say though, i do enjoy overclocking intel's much more. i also prefer their quickness in windows, but they are lacking

 

[FarFarAway]

Mate with dual core windows whizzes along. Seriously fast mate - very very fast

 

[Eguy]

Intel = :0wned:



*rapes X2 4800+

 

[jm7162]

ever since i can remember amd has always owned intel

 

[Kronus]

AMD Dual cores rock, I have nothing against Intel but they did fuck up. I mean look at thier new cores they are no longer putting out single cores that do 6 operations even the new mobiles now are at least 9 per second if not more.

 

[FragTek]

9 / sec is the golden number hehe

 

[Kronus]

9 / sec is the golden number hehe

I've heard people say that but I have also read that some of the newer ones including the higher end chips from the new intel mobile line will run up to 12 per second, never saw any facts from Intel to back that up though...but they have finally woken up from their

 

[FragTek]

12 ops / sec sounds right on the new Intel mobile chips... But that still doesn't mean that Intel has figured out how to harness the new found power, hehe.

 

[Devious]

Interesting read

Im thinking hard about swapping my opty 146 for a duel core version.

 

[Phnom_Penh]

Interesting read

Im thinking hard about swapping my opty 146 for a duel core version.

If you want to have good clocks, stick with the 146 for now.

 

[FarFarAway]

Meh got my X2 4400+ up to 2.8GHz - 280 x 10 with this new Crucial Ballistix

Windows has never been faster in the history of human overclocking (j/k)

 

[PV5150]

Meh got my X2 4400+ up to 2.8GHz - 280 x 10 with this new Crucial Ballistix

I'm about to go down the AMD DC path, there is just no comparison at the moment imho. Nice clocks with true muti-tasking capabilities

 

[mrbeef]

lol i knew amds were better just not that much