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The first levy of Intels new Prescott-based Pentium 4' s was to be performed in benchmarks (something) more badly then its predecessor Northwood. Also the direct competitor, AMD Athlon 64, posts better results in through socraweb exported benchmarks.

The complete test report of the Prescott find you via the shady under this article. The results are no surprise for the testers, since the meanwhile almost customary is that new Intel-chips make one's debut with worse test results then their predecessors on the same bell speed. The scores appear however source the position to support that Intel its marketing strategy gears to bell speeds instead of performances, certainly because the Prescott considerably more stream consumes then the Northwood and Athlon 64.

socraweb-tester Kai Schmerer judges clear in its review: “What Intels marketing division concerned counts the rule: 'Megahertz sells'. With are extensive 31-training period pipeline is the Prescott Pentium 4 about the general something slower than its predecessor, despite are double so large cache. But the longer pipeline that Intel means can go source through with the forcing up of Prescotts bell speed.”

The Prescott-test system consumed considerably more stream then comparable chips by complete load. The system consumed almost 250 watts, while an average Northwood-system consumes almost 200 watts and a comparable Athlon 64 consumes-system approximately 168 watts. powerverbruik has many influence on the design of a system, since warmer chips gebruikmaken of more powerful fans and other cool technology.

By branches on the territory of multimedia, the AMD-chip performs works better then the Intel-competitors, by which the Prescott more fast then the Northwood despite its longer pipeline. By other tests, on the territory of internet performances and charged times from spell, performed recorded the Athlon 64 also better then the Intel-offer, by which the Northwood something better results then the Prescott.

Tester Schmerer says that the large powerverbruik of the Prescott a reason for concern can be, certain as the bell speeds shortly are forced up. “By a bell speed of 3.2 GHz is there no other desktopprocessor that so much stream consumes as the Prescott Pentium 4, that end 2004 on a bell speed of 4 GHz will turn”, tells Schmerer. This situation has led already till speculations of different marketvolgers. They think that Intel because of Prescotts large powerverbruik in the future its many efficintere mobile Pentium M-chips will put in for use in desktops.