Which is Better ? "AMD - ATHLON 64 Bit 3500" OR "INTEL Pentium D 2.6 GHz(BOX 533 - 2MB Cache - 805)"

Answer 1

If you want true 64-bit CPU then go with the Athlon 64 X2. With a 64 bit OS it will blow away the Pentium D. If you are using 32 bit OS then the dual core may buy you up to 30% better performance over a single core chip, that is if your OS and applications can take advantage or the dual processors (most MS OS's & Apps do not). If you run Linux then you can see a real performance improvement

Personally for 32-bit processors running 32-bit OS with 32-bit applications, then buy the processor with the most cache with the fastest clocking rate. You also need the fastest possible memory to keep up with the system. A fast processor is no better in performance than the memory on the motherboard. If the memory is slow the processor sits around waiting for the memory to catch up. This kills your throughput. Next if you really want all out performance go to a Ultra320 SCSI drive system perferably RAID 1, 5, or 10. Many applications running on a system exceed the size of they available SDRAM memory, so the OS sends the rest to the harddrive (virtual memory), a slow hard drive system means a fast system with a anchor dragging it down.

I just benchmarked a ultra160 SCSI vs. SATA and the SCSI system wins every time with all other things being equal (cpu,memory,MB). Apps & system starts faster with the SCSI system. There are many times that the SATA system freezes when swapping out applications and DLL's, totally killing its overall performance.

Answer 2

I would recommend you to go for an Intel one as it will give you superior performance. even though AMD says 3500 mean it work equivalent to Intel 3.5ghz processor, in reality it will be somewhere around 2.3ghz and will have only 512KB cache. I have used the both the type and right now using an AMD Athlon 3200 and i feel my Intel 2.0ghz which i used earlier was better than this one. i would recommend you put some more money to buy an Intel D processor tha supports 64bit in dual core too as a future proof.

****** DO REMEMBER IN REALITY APART FROM PROCESSOR THE AMOUNT OF MEMORY YOU GONA PUT IN GREATLY DETERMINE YOUR OVERALL PC PERFORMSNCE **************

for more information on Intel D processor you can use this link to get more. http://www.intel.com/products/processor/pentium_d/prodbrief800.pdf

Answer 3

The AMD Athlon 3500+ only has 512kg Cache, and only has one core.
The Pentium D has 2MB Cache and is duel core.
So, The Pentium might be a better option.

Answer 4

I currently have a Pentium D 805 in one of my rigs. The thing tears everything i throw at it to bits for being as affordable as it is. With just the stock Heatsink i am able to clock it to 4.0GHz stable running at 35-40C. Another nice thing is that it has a 20x Multiplier.

Answer 5

The AMD is a 64 bit chip but is not dual core, where as the intel chip is dual core. I have had pretty good luck with both AMD and Intel chips and would take either one. All depends on what you want to do with it also.

Answer 6

Tom's Hardware did an article on the Intel chip in question, here's the link: http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/05/10/dual_41_ghz_cores/

They loved the chip. I've always been an AMD fan; but between your two chips the winner is the Intel.

Answer 7

Well inter Pentium D 2.66 Will be the best + Try 4mb Cache :)

Answer 8

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Answer 9

100 % intel