AMD Athlon 64 3500+ vs. Intel Pentium 4 550

[Shakermaker]

In about three months I'll be building a new rig, but I'm not sure about which cpu to pick. AMD has a good gaming performance but at 2.2 ghz it's clocked 1.2 ghz lower than the Pentium. What do I want: raw processor power or 64-bits technology? And why?

 

[Shamrock]

The AMD is clocked lower but has better arcitecture than the Pentiums. What I am saying is that an AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2.2 ghz = Pentium 4 3.5 ghz. The number of the AMD pretty much says its ghz. So an AMD 64 3200+ is = to 3.2 ghz instead of its clock speed of 2.0ghz.

 

[Ti133700N]

Yep that's an easy choice, if you want a gaming rig, choose the AMD 64.

 

[Asus]

but at 2.2 ghz it's clocked 1.2 ghz lower than the Pentium. What do I want: raw processor power or 64-bits technology? And why?

You cannot compare MHz/GHz between different CPU designs. MHz/GHz is only freqency, how many times it repeats itself. AMD's CPUs are designed to do more per clock. They don't need to repeat their cycle as often as Intel's P4 because they did it in fewer passes. Wouldn't that be raw processor power? Ooo you can have 64bit too!

 

[Shakermaker]

Thanks for the clear answers. You guys have been a great help. The AMD it is then ....

 

[furiousV]

to make it a bit fairer, you should have done AMD64 vs Intel Extreme, but hell they cost alot

ive read somewhere that the new AMD 64s number (the 3500) is not compared to the Pentium 4s anymore, but rather the celerons
somethings not right
/me loads up google

 

[Shakermaker]

to make it a bit fairer, you should have done AMD64 vs Intel Extreme, but hell they cost alot

Over here in the Netherlands the AMD Athlon 64 3500+ and the Pentium 4 550 are about the same price. The AMD is a little -about 15 quid (that is slang for British pounds right?)- more expensive than the Pentium.

 

[Asus]

to make it a bit fairer, you should have done AMD64 vs Intel Extreme, but hell they cost alot

ive read somewhere that the new AMD 64s number (the 3500) is not compared to the Pentium 4s anymore, but rather the celerons
somethings not right
/me loads up google

That would be the Sempron. A remake...or should we say a renamed Athlon XP.