Out of Curiosity, which do u think is better? AMD or pentium?

Question

just wanted to know, which do u think is better? pros and cons of each in ur opinion.
cos i used to use pentium and found that AMD was just as good as cheaper without sacrificing preformance, my AMD xp3k+ processor is just as good as most single core prosessors still sold in ireland and it was only the budget one, whereas my dads new pentium cooks itself (not litrally of course but i do get warnings from the temprature moniter software) wen put to full power and is only 200mhz faster

Answer 1

Its very much horses for courses. Both have pro's and con's and unfortunately without going in to mounds of benchmarks it is not easy to show the difference.

You would really need to ballance up the primary purpose of the machine, the applications it will be running, budget (cost) and then make a decision.

To be honest the difference nowaday on the top end chips is so minimal that the normal end user will never really see a noticible difference.

So, neither is better, both are good, each is better at certain tasks. At any one point in time one or the other may have the overall fastest chip but this can change within weeks.

Personally however, I like AMD in my home comps. More from the point of view that they started life as the under dog about the same time that people where arguing over all the other clone manufactures like Cyrix and so on (anyone remember those days!).

Today AMD are a serious competitor to Intel and they got there because they deserved it. Releasing good chip after good chip and pushing the boundries further and prices lower.

So, if its a vote you want then put me down as AMD, but...Intel are still very good!

Answer 2

There's very little difference as far as the end user is concerned. An AMD chip rated at 3000+ will perform similarly to a Pentium 4 running at 3ghz, even if the AMD chip only runs at 2ghz.

AMD chips are usually cheaper than the equivalent Intel Pentium 4, so by the same reasoning if you had to choose between these 3 chips (I'm making prices up, this is just an example):

Intel 3ghz £100
AMD 3000+ £80
AMD 3200+ £100

you could either go for the AMD 3000+ and save £20, or spend the same as you'd have spent on an Intel and get a slightly faster AMD.

Answer 3

Note that AMD does not list the CPUs via clockspeed similar to the way Intel used to. An AMD 3000+ does NOT run at 3Ghz. It means that, performance wise, the chip is equal to a Pentium 4 3 Ghz chip.

Look at other factors besides JUST the clock speed, such as bus size, cache size, number of caches.

I'm a big AMD fan... I've used them for years, but my next CPU will be an Intel Core 2 Duo or (if available) the Intel quad core chip.

Answer 4

As far as Athlon v Pentium 4, I would say Athlon all they way, and this is not because I am biased (actually I am really an Intel person but I have to be honest). If simply gives a much better performance for the price when compared to a P4.

Answer 5

i'm unsure with regards to the recent Duo middle processors from Intel yet till now, i comprehend that AMD processors have been extra useful that Pentium processors in that they run cooler and carry out extra useful. it fairly is merely my 2 cents worth.

Answer 6

Ive got both on different computers and really do not find any real difference between them. Just a personal preference in the end I expect.

Answer 7

AMD 64bit Duel core seems to be best at the moment, but things can change quickly

Answer 8

Neither. I have several of each. One is just as good as the other. All you have to decide on is = Cost/performance/durability

Answer 9

AMD, simply because its cheaper and for pretty much the same speed .....

Answer 10

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