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Intel Pentium 4 3.2GHz Extreme Edition Processor Review
Intel Pentium 4 3.2GHz Extreme Edition Processor Review  - PCSTATS
The most significant departure between today's Pentium 4 and tomorrow's Extreme Edition are the processors' cache sizes.
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Filed under: CPU / Processors Published:  Author: 
External Mfg. Website: Intel Nov 07 2003   C. Angelini  
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Benchmarks: ScienceMark2, UT2003

ScienceMark 2.0 Source: ScienceMark

Mol Dyn: Molecular Dynamics is a method for simulating the thermodynamic behaviour of materials using their forces, velocities, and positions. Most important of the afore mentioned is the force. Primordia: This code calculates the Quantum Mechanical Hartree-Fock Orbitals for each electron in any element of the periodic table.

ScienceMark 2.0: Mol Dyn
Processor Seconds Ranking
1. Athlon64 FX-51 79.6
2. AthlonXP 3200+ 78.4
3. Pentium 4 3.2GHz 92.3
4. Pentium 4 3.2GHz EE 90.5
5. Pentium 4 3.6GHz EE (OC'd) 81

The Mol Dyn (Molecular Dynamics) benchmark simulates thermodynamic behavior of materials using their forces, velocities, and positions. The simulation is measured in seconds, so lower scores are consequently better. While the Pentium 4 Extreme Edition performs marginally better than the original 3.2GHz part, it isn't enough to overtake either the Athlon XP 3200+ or Athlon 64 FX-51. Even running at 3.6GHz, the Pentium 4 Extreme Edition finishes in second place.

ScienceMark 2.0: Primordia
Processor Seconds Ranking
1. Athlon64 FX-51 378.8
2. AthlonXP 3200+ 413.1
3. Pentium 4 3.2GHz 419.7
4. Pentium 4 3.2GHz EE 408.0
5. Pentium 4 3.6GHz EE (OC'd) 367.5

Primordia calculates the quantum mechanical Hartree-Fock orbitals for each electron in any element of the periodic table. In the case of our benchmark, it's silver. As before, the results are measured in seconds. Again, at its default speed of 2.2GHz, the Athlon 64 FX-51 bests Intel's Pentium 4 Extreme Edition. AMD's Athlon XP takes third, only to be trailed by the 3.2GHz Pentium 4.

Unreal Tournament 2003

Source: Epic

Unreal Tournament 2003 is the sequel to 1999's multiple 'Game of the Year' award winner. It uses the very latest Unreal Engine technology - where graphics, sound and game play are taken beyond the bleeding edge. Unreal Tournament 2003 employs the use of Vertex as well as Pixel Shaders and it's recommended that you use a DirectX 8 videocard to get the most out of the game.

UT2003 Demo 640x480 Flyby
Video Card FPS Ranking
1.

Athlon65 FX-51

294.4
2. AthlonXP 3200+ 219.2
3. Pentium 4 3.2GHz 243.6
4. Pentium 4 3.2GHz EE 273.4
5. Pentium 4 3.6GHz EE (OC'd) 302.9

UT2003 Demo 640x460 Botmatch
Video Card FPS Ranking
1. Athlon64 FX-51 106.2
2. AthlonXP 3200+ 82.8
3. Pentium 4 3.2GHz 87.3
4. Pentium 4 3.2GHz EE 94.9
5. Pentium 4 3.6GHz EE (OC'd) 104.7

Intel's Pentium 4 Extreme Edition gains significant ground compared to the vanilla 3.2GHz part, but it isn't enough to best AMD's Athlon 64 FX, which is a full 28 percent faster than its predecessor is in the processor-intensive Botmatch portion of the demo. Overclocking yields an extra 10 percentage points in the same component of Unreal Tournament 2003.

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Contents of Article: Intel Pentium 4 3.2 Extreme Edition
 Pg 1.  Intel Pentium 4 3.2GHz Extreme Edition Processor Review
 Pg 2.  Overclocking the Extreme Edition
 Pg 3.  Benchmarks: Aquamark3, SuperPI
 Pg 4.  — Benchmarks: ScienceMark2, UT2003
 Pg 5.  Benchmarks: 3DMark03, QIII Arena
 Pg 6.  Benchmarks: PCMark 2002, Sandra 2003
 Pg 7.  Extreme Conclusions

 
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