Benchmarks: Intel's 64-bit Pentium 4 660
Published: 03 Mar 2005
Benchmarks: games
In the gaming tests, which were carried out at 1,280 by 1,024 resolution, the Athlon 64 is the better performer overall.
Nvidia's Blobby Dancer demo, which is available in 64-bit as well as standard 32-bit versions, provides an interesting result. The 64-bit version runs about 20 per cent faster under both processors.
Also interesting are the results from Quake II. This very popular first-person shooter from the 90s has gone open source and is available as a .NET version. There is a beta version of Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 for Windows XP Professional x64 Edition RC2, which allows this game to be played under the 64-bit OS. The results show two things. First, the Pentium 4 delivers better performance with the .NET version than the Athlon 64 (a similar pattern is observed with the normal version of the game). Second, in contrast to the Blobby Dancer demo, Quake II runs slower under the 64-bit OS – so 64-bit programs are not always faster than their 32-bit counterparts.
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Pentium 4 660 |
Athlon 64 4000+ |
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| Far Cry 1.3 (fps) | 43.1 | 44.3 |
| Doom3 (fps) | 60.1 | 62.1 |
| Half Life 2 (fps) | 39.4 | 40.1 |
| Blobby Dancer 64-bit (fps) | 42.4 | 42.3 |
| Blobby Dancer 32-bit (fps) | 34.8 | 35.0 |
| Quake II .NET 64-bit (fps) | 28.6 | 23.1 |
| Quake II .NET 32-bit (fps) | 30.2 | 27.8 |
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Why no Linux based benchmarks? 64 bit linux has a... James Essex -
64 bit Linux isn't even considered in the art... davidm -
You know what's funny? I read these articles... Anonymous Cowheard
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Mostly directed at ubah Linux hardcorz:
How a... Michael Jaars
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That's because linux suck, get a grip Anonymous
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"64-bit computing [...] won't be a huge deal for t... Casper Wilstrup
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While it's nice to see some competition in the 64-... Fredrik Tolf
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In the case of architectures like Ultrasparc... Tim
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The games benchmarks are obviously limit... Filotti -
What an irritatingly Windows-centric view.
I need... Sean C, McCord
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Who cares about Windows anymore? Everyone is switc... Anonymous
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Linux, Linux, Linux. Do the review again! Jim
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not everyone is moving to linux!
dont be a la... that guys a lamer
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How about Linux benchmarks? Windows is pretty much... Anonymous
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what the fuck does the following mean "although th... Anonymous
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STFU you stupid Linux fanboys. All you guys... Skippity McDoody
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To say 64-bit versions of architectures... Anonymous -
Hopefully you do not use intel. If you do - d... rowan
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what the fcuk does the following mean "although th... Anonymous
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Look more like an Intel Press release than a bench... Paul Blair (toadlife)
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You need 64-bit windows to make best use of it?
Wh... michael goulish
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Sean, it doesn't seem to me that that is what the... Jason Archer
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Considering Microsoft's inability to provide... The Mitch
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"Intel may draw comfort from the fact that it has... Some Llama
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Itanium is truly 64 bits ok. read the article... Anonymous
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can't be 82%c. at that temp, your processor i... Anonymous
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I just recently bought the Intel Pentium... DeSi
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well to start off i think this article is sorta bi... Tyler
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Great review! Sorry to say that all you Linux lam... Anonymous
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Unless I'm missing something, neither AMD64 n... Cubase SX User
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I have bought the intel 660 ( 3,6GHz 64-bit) chip.... Kostis Tsiutras
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Windows Rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Windows Fan
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AMD 64-bit improved my genetic algorithm optimizat... Anonymous
