ATHLON vs XEON: number crunching
Ivan Oleynik
oleynik at chuma.cas.usf.edu
Wed Jun 19 17:48:48 PDT 2002
Yes,
Both Xeon and Athlon have 2GB PC2100 registered DDR.
The code fits in 70 MB of RAM.
Ivan
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On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Steffen Persvold wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, Joe Griffin wrote:
>
> > Ivan,
> >
> > Is your test memory limited?
> >
> > Perhaps it is not the CPU speed but the cache size
> > that is limiting you. The Xeon has a different
> > cache size and Memory type. P4's use RDRAM (high latency/
> > high bandwidth). The AMD may use SDRAM (low latency/low bandwidth).
> >
>
> Not all Xeons use RDRAM. The new ServerWorks Grand Champion chipsets and
> the new Intel E7500 (Plumas) use DDR RAM (just like the Athlons).
>
> Regards,
> Steffen
>
>
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