Comparing Processors

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Mick

I wonder if anyone can help?

In the days of 286, 386 , 486 and then Pentium I, II,III and IV processors
not forgetting the equivalent AMD processors, it was easy to be able to
distinguish which processors were the fastest as they all had a speed i.e.
1.0 GHz, 2.0 GHz etc. etc. It was easy to know which processor was the
fastest. However now we have Centrino and Sempron processors to mention
but two, it's a complete mystery - at least to me it is, is anyone else in
the same boat?
 
Mike

Thanks for the info it made very interesting reading, I still found it a
little mind blowing though. Is there a simple chart anywhere that details
all the modern processors by performance?

Thanks again

Mick
 
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I wonder if anyone can help?

In the days of 286, 386 , 486 and then Pentium I, II,III and IV
processors not forgetting the equivalent AMD processors, it was easy
to be able to distinguish which processors were the fastest as they
all had a speed i.e. 1.0 GHz, 2.0 GHz etc. etc. It was easy to know which
processor was the
fastest. However now we have Centrino and Sempron processors to
mention but two, it's a complete mystery - at least to me it is, is
anyone else in the same boat?
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This is rather old (2003) but it's all I had in my favorites:

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Buyers_Guide/CPU.jsp

A good thing to note is that GHz as a value doesn't really determine the
actual speed that you can expect from the CPU... Yeah, I know, that doesn't
help much... For instance, an AMD 3200+ will benchmark at similar speeds of
the P4 3.4 GHz though my understanding was that the performance should have
been more like the 3.2 GHz and the AMD is only operating at 2.2 GHz.

However, I guess that you're probably looking into upgrading and you're
either looking for the best price or the best performance? If you're looking
for a decent chip the AMD 3700+ is nice and I hear good things about the
P4's with HT. If you're looking for speed and price then the afore mentioned
AMD 3200 should satisfy *most* people's need for speed.

Galen
 
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