Which CPU is faster ?

[Boomstick]

Athlon XP 3000 skt 462 (Not sure of codes)

or

P4 2.8GHz P4 512k 533fsb

Building a system for the girlfriend and I want her to have the faster of the two even though im tempted to plump for the P4 because the case is quite cramped with poor airflow


cheers
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[Amps]

Do you currently have the motherboards or will you be buying these if so.

i would be going for a Barton 2500XP which will overclock to 3200XP with the change of 1 settings and possible with a little extra Vcore.

Cheapest and fastest solution.

 

[smids]

If the P4 is HT enabled, then that one. If not, it's going to be close. I think the P4 still edges it if it is a Northwood though.

 

[Corasik]

P4's came into their own after the 800mhz FSB came out, the 2.8Ghz 533FSB will be missing HT, and not have the benifit from the high FSB. My 'Guess' would be that the Athlon would be fastest.

If it was a Northwood C, with HT and 800mhz fsb, then the P4 without a doubt.

The only 533 with Hyperthreading enabled prior to the 'C's was the 3.06Ghz.

 

[ajgoodfellow]

I'd have to agree

I had a P4 2.8Ghz (533fsb) without HT and I was rather disappointed with the performance

 

[ElectroBlaster]

Only reason I would go for the p4 is for video work, intels seem to be good for it

But the barton would win everytime for the usual everyday stuff like games, web browsing, music etc!

 

[cavemanoc]

Considering how expensive the old P4's are getting I'd always be tempted to go for an XP-M - getting nice and cheap, and if you get a good stepping they clock extremely well! (Iqyha or Aqyha for preference!)

Edit: even a modest overclock on air will take you to 2400Mhz, which would be the equivalent of a 3.5Ghz P4