Athlon Mobile vs. Athlon64 - Suprised

[gplracer]

I just helped a friend of mine build a new computer with a 3000+ 939 cpu. We ran Sisoftware Sandra arithmetic test and his computer got the following:

Drhystone 8134
Whetstone 2940

I was surprised with the results. I really thought it would be higher. In comparison my son's computer has a Athlon 2100 running at 133x15=1995mhz and it got a score of
D -8430
W- 3260

My computer is a 2600 mobile chip running at 2475 with a fsb of 138. I got the following:
D- 10149
W- 3950

Is this test totally worthless? Is there a better test for processing power or office applications?

Thanks!!!

 

[TheGreenGoblin]

One benchmark is definitely not enough to base an opinion on. I wouldn't be too worried.

As far as other benchmark apps , just take a look at the huge number of cpu reviews available here and elsewhere and try one of those.

 

[StrangerGuy]

Originally posted by: gplracer
I just helped a friend of mine build a new computer with a 3000+ 939 cpu. We ran Sisoftware Sandra arithmetic test and his computer got the following:

Drhystone 8134
Whetstone 2940

I was surprised with the results. I really thought it would be higher. In comparison my son's computer has a Athlon 2100 running at 133x15=1995mhz and it got a score of
D -8430
W- 3260

My computer is a 2600 mobile chip running at 2475 with a fsb of 138. I got the following:
D- 10149
W- 3950

Is this test totally worthless? Is there a better test for processing power or office applications?

Thanks!!!

I'm won't be surprised if I was you.

Since his 3000+ is only at 1.8GHz and your XP-M is at 2.5GHz by right your chip should be faster than his, since there is such a large 700MHz difference. But once he overclocks it to 2.4+GHz range it will easily kill your mobile barton.

And btw Sandra is a useless benchmark in determining real-world performance.

 

[Pciber]

Originally posted by: StrangerGuy

And btw Sandra is a useless benchmark in determining real-world performance.

also, a barton 2500 @ 2.5 is ~ to 3600+.

 

[Regs]

StrangerGuy has it right. Sandra and most of its benchmarks, like some futuremark ones, depends mostly on raw clock speed and does not reflect real world performance. Not unless you run SATI.

 

[gplracer]

My point is that maybe for someone that currently has an overclocked mobile athlon xp ugrading now is not really worth the difference unless that person is looking for something in particular such as sli. Also seems that building a computer on the budget end it might still be better to go with an athlon xp.

 

[Goi]

Not true. Dhrystone and Whetstone are 2 synthetic benchmarks that, other than being reproducible, don't really hold too much much value in the real world.