Let's say you have a AMD® Athlon-64 X2 3800+ CPU w/ Hyper Transport Technology.
What does the 3800+, the Hyper Transport Technology, and the X2 mean?
and what does this mean for the processor speed? 64 3800+ / 2.40GHz
Lol sorry i have practically no knowledge about processors except what clock speed is >.>
2006-09-23 04:36:40 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
it's all about how fast ur cpu can go.
2006-09-23 04:49:43 · answer #1 · answered by cellular 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. AMD uses a numbering system for their chips the is roughly the equivalent to processor speed. 3800 means they think it will operate at about 3.8 billion instructions per second equivalent. the 2.4 GHz is the ACTUAL clock speed. The rest is more complicated. From the web: "A high-speed interconnection between integrated circuits. Code named Lightning Data Transport and developed by AMD and others, the HyperTransport I/O Link Specification defines a protocol and electrical interface between the CPU, memory and peripheral devices. It provides a peak rate of 1.6GHz per wire pair and supports a total bandwidth of 12.8 Gbytes/sec." See what I mean?
2006-09-23 11:41:49 · answer #2 · answered by Cirric 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Cirric says,
"Hi. AMD uses a numbering system for their chips the is roughly te equivalent to processor speed. 3800 means they think it will operate at about 3.8 billion instructions per second. hold on..."
This means...I HAVE TO POST FIRST! MY ANSWER IS NOT COMPLETE, BUT I AM FIRST! I'LL ADD MORE WHEN I GET THE INFO. BUT I AM FIRST!!!
The 3800+ is just a number. X2 means it's a dual core CPU. Don't get hung up on CPU speed to compare two different CPU's.
If you want to compare performance use this link. There are several benchmark parameters.
2006-09-23 11:46:14 · answer #3 · answered by Wurm™ 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋