|
Sysmark
2001 - Office
|
Rating
|
|
Pentium
4 2.2A
|
198
|
|
Pentium
4 2.0A
|
187
|
|
Pentium
4 2.0
|
174
|
|
Athlon
XP 2000+
|
195
|
|
Sysmark
2001 - Internet
|
Rating
|
|
Pentium
4 2.2A
|
240
|
|
Pentium
4 2.0A
|
223
|
|
Pentium
4 2.0
|
213
|
|
Athlon
XP 2000+
|
229
|
Sysmark 2001 is an application based benchmark that accurately reflects the
patterns for business users in the areas of Internet Content Creation and
Office productivity.
Pricing
|
Pentium
4 2200A
|
562$
|
|
Pentium
4 2000A
|
364$
|
|
Pentium
2000
|
342$
|
|
XP
Athlon 2000+
|
340$
|
|
XP
Athlon 1900+
|
234$
|
|
XP
Athlon 1800+
|
174$
|
Summation
The Pentium 4 based on the Northwood is Intel’s
powerful weapon against AMD. The transition to the 0.13 Micron process allows
the Northwood core to hit the 3000MHz+ mark with little or no modifications
at all. At the same time, it allowed Intel to implement more L2 cache memory
for superior performance. AMD’s XP2000+ is already in its 0.18 process limitation;
their upcoming 0.13 Thoroughbred core will replace the current 0.18 Athlon
and will be their weapon against the Pentium 4.
For the average user, the Athlon XP2000+ remains the smartest solution for
its lower price and good performance. Someone seeking for maximum performance
will be better with a Pentium 4 considering its strong overclocking potential.
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