See that's I'm thinking, the raw performance is very attractive to me!! So what's this about a p4 1.7 outperforming a 2.8? You got link to benchmarks?
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From: Daniel O'Connor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 8:23 PM
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Subject: Re: AMD64 vs i386 for FreeBSD
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On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 08:30, David O'Brien wrote:I have a choice between AMD64 3200+ and a P4 2.8GHz with HT. Which one would you guys recommend to run FreeBSD. Obviously the i386 would be easier to run, so I guess my question is what is the state of the AMD64 FreeBSD version?
You do know you can run FreeBSD/i386 on the Athlon64 3200+ laptop, right? :-) A 3200+ running 32-bit FreeBSD will out-perform the P4 2.8GHz running the same OS.
A Pentium-M 1.7Ghz will outperform a 2.8Ghz P4 too ;)
If battery life is important to you I'd suggest not getting an AMD64.
For raw performance it's "pretty nice" though :)
He said "Pentium-M". It's a completely different processor than the Pentium 4-M. Designed for mobile computing, it is best described as combining the best features of the Pentium 3 (short(er) pipeline, etc.) and the Pentium 4 (better branch predictor, etc.) with high-end power saving features to form a third processor far superior to the previous two.
Here's a first look at the chip: http://www.tomshardware.com/mobile/20030205/
Some benchmarks where a 1.6GHz Pentium-M destroys a 2.2GHz Pentium 4-M: http://www.tomshardware.com/mobile/20030205/centrino-13.html http://www.tomshardware.com/mobile/20030205/centrino-14.html
Battery life in the 6+ hour range is common with Pentium-M laptops. Here's the first look results (note the Pentium 4-M had a battery with over 20% greater capacity!):
http://www.tomshardware.com/mobile/20030205/centrino-17.html
If you value battery life, go with the Pentium-M. If you *most highly* value performance, the Athlon64 is probably the way to go.
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