AMD's Thoroughbred leaves the starting gate

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21 June 2002 03:00 PM
Tags: rambus, thoroughbred, ddr, processor, intel, amd, sdram, athlon xp

Encoding performance

  Athlon XP/2200+
Introduction
How we tested
Application performance
Encoding performance
Rendering performance
Internet Performance
Gaming performance
Workstation performance
Conclusions

MP3 encoding

Intel's intensive efforts to get software producers to optimise their program code for modern processors -- Intel CPUs, naturally - continue to bear fruit. The MP3 encoder MusicMatch Jukebox has been optimised in version 7.0 for Intel's Pentium 4, allowing the 2.53GHz Pentium 4 with Rambus to keep its nose in front of the new Athlon XP/2200+. The Pentium 4/2200 with DDR memory is slower than the Athlon XP, however.


Video encoding

Intel's latest 533MHz-bus processors are faster than the Athlon XP/2200+ at video encoding with LSX's MPEG Encoder 3.5, when equipped with Rambus memory. However, the Pentium 4/2200 with a 400MHz FSB and DDR266 memory lags behind the AMD processors in this test.


When it comes to producing DivX videos using XMpeg 4.5, the Pentium 4 emerges in front: the Athlon XP/2200+ takes 26 seconds longer than the 2.53GHz Pentium 4 to perform this test. Both the Athlon XP/2200+ and 2100+ beat the Pentium 4/2200 with DDR memory, though.

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