Athlon model numbers
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mapleleafs
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 9:04 pm Post subject: Athlon model numbers |
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Alright, what exactly do the model numbers on the Athlon processors represent? My friend told me that the numbers are a comparison to Intel Pentium 4 processor clock speeds, because he's getting a laptop with a Athlon (XP?) 3500 and he said it's equal to a Pentium 4 with 3.5 GHz. Please help. |
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wtd
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 9:14 pm Post subject: (No subject) |
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They are in comparison to AMD's own "Thunderbird" Athlon at 1GHz. An Athlon64 3500+ should, therefore, be at least three and a half times faster than a 1GHz Athlon. |
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Martin
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 9:25 pm Post subject: (No subject) |
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But yes, you can roughly equate them to the Pentium 4 with the same number (ie. 3000+ runs a bit faster than a p4 3.06GHz.)
This gets totally screwed up in the higher end models though, so you'd be best to just check out benchmarks. |
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