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#1 ·
Hey all,
i all ready knew that AMD processors were better than Intel ones (in my opinion anyway) I just never knew why or how...until i stumbled upon this.

Why Intel Mhz Dont Equal AMD Mhz

This pretty much explained it to me. Its pretty long but a good read and VERY informative.

Enjoy
 
#4 ·
im pondering whether to post it in the Intel section too, could be a good read for intel users too (i dont use intel - i tolerate
)
 
#10 ·
Quote:


Originally Posted by Patrice Mersault

So how would AMD MHz measure up to Intel? If you get a 2.2 GHz AMD Athlon, what kind've Pentium 4 processor would counter it?

The basics being
amd does 9 operations per sec
intel does 6 operations per sec

so in this case a 2.2ghz amd would be matched by a 3.3ghz intel

2.2ghz x 9 = 19.8 amd speed
3.3ghz x 6 = 19.8 intel speed
 
#11 ·
Quote:


Originally Posted by systemaxd

The basics being
amd does 9 operations per sec
intel does 6 operations per sec

so in this case a 2.2ghz amd would be matched by a 3.3ghz intel

2.2ghz x 9 = 19.8 amd speed
3.3ghz x 6 = 19.8 intel speed

Very cool stuff. Formulae like this let things fall into perspective better. Now it'll be easier for me to compare Intel and AMD CPUs. Granted, it's probably more complex, it's a foundation.
 
#12 ·
It gets a little easier to look at if you do this: take the AMD speed, multiply by 9, then divide by 6. So we look at this example, ill use my chip speed because I like the way it looks
we'll round it up to 2.7ghz.

2.7*9 = 24.3
iloveamd24.3/6 = 4.05

A 4.05ghz intel would match a 2.7 AMD. now imagine that people here have clocked AMDs to 3.1 or 3.2 or higher. For my chip I paid $146. $146 is not much when you get the equal performance of a 4ghz intel. AMD all the way!
 
#14 ·
Yes, this is very true. some AMD chips are more likely to overclock than others. My chip is the Venice core. The 3700 Sandiego core is also a good choice for overclocking, as well as the Opterons. Usually a chip can do more, but for whatever reasons, the manufacturer decides to set the clocks on some chips lower. A lot of times this could be because they want to sell a lesser performance chip, at cheap prices that a lot of people will buy. Overclockers are the minority of computer users, so usually lost profits due to overclockers are negligible. There may be other reasons behind this, but this is what I have gathered.
 
#16 ·
Yup I paid 240 or 260 so somthing like that for my 3700 and I have at at 2.85, and could probley take it to 3.0ghz if I wanted to, so if you do the math 4.27ghz intel, and this intel runs at 3.8 but cost $643

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116190

even if it could oc to 4.27 or higher (I can take my 3700 to 3.0, but with looser timings) I would have a slight advantage in GAMES as long as it wasn't a crazy amount faster.
 
#17 ·
Quote:


Originally Posted by Orion14_99

It gets a little easier to look at if you do this: take the AMD speed, multiply by 9, then divide by 6. So we look at this example, ill use my chip speed because I like the way it looks
we'll round it up to 2.7ghz.

2.7*9 = 24.3
iloveamd24.3/6 = 4.05

A 4.05ghz intel would match a 2.7 AMD. now imagine that people here have clocked AMDs to 3.1 or 3.2 or higher. For my chip I paid $146. $146 is not much when you get the equal performance of a 4ghz intel. AMD all the way!

Or just multiply 2.7 by 1.5.
 
#18 ·
Quote:


Originally Posted by Orion14_99

It gets a little easier to look at if you do this: take the AMD speed, multiply by 9, then divide by 6. So we look at this example, ill use my chip speed because I like the way it looks
we'll round it up to 2.7ghz.

2.7*9 = 24.3
iloveamd24.3/6 = 4.05

A 4.05ghz intel would match a 2.7 AMD. now imagine that people here have clocked AMDs to 3.1 or 3.2 or higher. For my chip I paid $146. $146 is not much when you get the equal performance of a 4ghz intel. AMD all the way!

All you have to do is multiply your AMD clock times 1.5

EDIT: LOL Gnarly got here 1 minute before me


2.4 x 1.5 = 3.6
 
#19 ·
Quote:


Originally Posted by Commander Kool

All you have to do is multiply your AMD clock times 1.5

EDIT: LOL Gnarly got here 1 minute before me


2.4 x 1.5 = 3.6

Wow! This stuff just keeps getting more simple!

Please, someone tell me abou a Ctrl + # key I can press to instantly OC my entire system while keeping it under warranty!
 
#24 ·
Well, let;s start simple.
Set your HT multiplier to 4x
Set your FSB (HTT) to 240
Set your RAM divider to 166
Stock voltage should be fine
That will give you 2.4 (what you were hoping for)

Run Prime 95 for a while and see if it's stable (I'm sure it will be)
and if it is, bring up the V core to 1.55 - 1.60 and raise the FSB some more, if you start having problems past 250, it will be because of your RAM, in wich case you can put a bigger divider on it (1.5 or 1.33 instead of 1.6)
 
#25 ·
AMD Athlon's and Intel Pentium's are two completley different types of CPU. It's like comparing one car that has a higher acceleration than the other whilst the other car has a higher top speed.

An interesting read anyway, I'll read through the user comments too sometime as some of them seem to be pretty long and I can't be bothered with them now.
 
#26 ·
Quote:


Originally Posted by The_Jester

Hey all,
i all ready knew that AMD processors were better than Intel ones (in my opinion anyway) I just never knew why or how...until i stumbled upon this.

Why Intel Mhz Dont Equal AMD Mhz

This pretty much explained it to me. Its pretty long but a good read and VERY informative.

Enjoy


I know this has been said but really this is old now lol..When it comes to it Intel and Amd both have there disadvantages and advantages so thats that really lol.
 
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