For example, in their processors they use a name such as "Athlon x2 4000+" when the processor is really only 2.2Ghz not 4Ghz. I remember hearing something that says "it's like" 4Ghz even though the actual clock speed is 2.2Ghz. Maybe it really isn't though. This same naming concept applies to the majority of their processor names, not just the example I mentioned. Does anyone know why they use this or have a link that gives more information?
2006-12-29 12:17:58 · 5 answers · asked by tk1 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
This doesn't apply to dual core only. Another example is the "Athlon XP 3200" processor. The actual clock speed is 2.2Ghz despite the name of "3200" aka 3.2Ghz.
2006-12-29 12:35:03 · update #1
It is meant to compare to Intel, as the previous guy said. It started around the Pentium 4 vs Athlon XP era. The Athlon really were faster than their Intel counterparts at the same speed. But to the average person, if they saw as you said an Athlon with a speed of 2.2Ghz and compared it to a Pentium with a speed o 3.4Ghz, they would pick the one with a higher clock speed. Hence they came up with this naming scheme, meaning a 4000+ is as fast as a 4GHz Pentium. For the record, it really wasn't just a cheap marketing scheme, for the most part benchmarking showed that AMD was being pretty honest.
2006-12-29 17:07:37 · answer #1 · answered by mysticman44 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AMD came up with their own Performance-Power Rating (PPR) a while back because they felt clock speed wasn't a good way to compare AMD to Intel. The way an AMD CPU is designed it generally runs at lower clockspeeds than its Intel counterpart, while maintaining similar performance. This is because AMD claims their instructions per cycle (IPC) is higher, meaning that per GHz an AMD CPU does more computing. AMD revived the PPR in an attempt to make the CPUs total performance more apparent. The idea is that the PPR rating on a chip denotes how fast an Intel processor would have to be to match the rated chip.
2006-12-29 20:40:13 · answer #2 · answered by casey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you sure they are not refering to a dual core processor meaning 2 cores (CPUs)
which would mean X2 4000 . Two 2.2 chips in the dual core would equal over 4000 mgs (4000+)
2006-12-29 20:27:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think its just sum # like a series/ model #
2006-12-29 20:20:50 · answer #4 · answered by ransoft2004 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to http://www.amd.com
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/
2006-12-29 20:22:20 · answer #5 · answered by Carling 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋