The Mother of All CPU Charts 2005/2006

[url="http://www20.tomshardware.com/2005/11/21/the_mother_of_all_cpu_charts_2005/"]TomsHardware reviews 72 different Processors from AMD and Intel in this huge roundup including:[/url]

Pentium EE 840 Smithfield
Pentium D 840 Smithfield
Pentium D 830 Smithfield
Pentium D 820 Smithfield
Pentium 4 EE 3.72 GHz Prescott
Pentium 4 EE 3.46 GHz Gallatin
Pentium 4 EE 3.40 GHz Gallatin
Pentium 4 670 Prescott
Pentium 4 660 Prescott
Pentium 4 650 Prescott
Pentium 4 640 Prescott
Pentium 4 630 Prescott
Pentium 4 570 Prescott
Pentium 4 560 Prescott
Pentium 4 550 Prescott
Pentium 4 540 Prescott
Pentium 4 530 Prescott
Pentium 4 520 Prescott
Pentium 4 EE 3.40 GHz Gallatin
Pentium 4 EE 3.20 GHz Prestonia
Pentium 4 3.4E GHz Prescott
Pentium 4 3.2E GHz Prescott
Pentium 4 3.0E GHz Prescott
Pentium 4 2.8E GHz Prescott
Pentium 4 3.40 GHz Northwood
Pentium 4 3.20 GHz Northwood
Pentium 4 3.00 GHz Northwood
Pentium 4 2.80 GHz Northwood
Pentium 4 2.60 GHz Northwood
Pentium 4 2.40 GHz Northwood
Pentium 4 3.06 GHz Northwood
Pentium 4 3.06 GHz Northwood
Pentium 4 2.00 GHz Northwood
Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Toledo
Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Manchester
Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Toledo
Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester
Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Manchester
Athlon 64 FX-57 San Diego
Athlon 64 FX-55 San Diego
Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego
Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego
Athlon 64 FX-55 Clawhammer
Athlon 64 FX-53 Clawhammer
Athlon 64 4000+ Clawhammer
Athlon 64 3800+ Venice
Athlon 64 3500+ Venice
Athlon 64 3200+ Venice
Athlon 64 3000+ Venice
Athlon 64 3800+ Newcastle
Athlon 64 3500+ Newcastle
Athlon 64 3400+ Newcastle
Athlon 64 3500+ Winchester
Athlon 64 3200+ Winchester
Athlon 64 3000+ Winchester
Athlon 64 3700+ Clawhammer
Athlon 64 3400+ Clawhammer
Athlon 64 3200+ Clawhammer
Athlon 64 3400+ Newcastle
Athlon 64 3200+ Newcastle
Athlon 64 3000+ Clawhammer
Athlon 64 2800+ Clawhammer
Sempron 3400+ Palermo
Sempron 3300+ Palermo
Sempron 3100+ Palermo
Sempron 3000+ Palermo
Sempron 2800+ Palermo
Sempron 2600+ Palermo
Sempron 2500+ Palermo
Athlon XP 3200+ Barton
Sempron 3000+ Barton
Athlon 1400 Thunderbird

It's time for a new CPU comparison using our newly developed benchmark suite. The most noteworthy additions are certainly the dual-core processors, but we have also added some new sections focusing especially on the platforms for AMD's Socket 939 and Intel's Socket 775.

An overview as comprehensive as this one also brings up the question of what has changed over that period of time, and how much performance has improved. Naysayer are often quick to point out that your typical word processor doesn't run any faster today than it did in 1993, without qualifying this claim further. Are they completely off the mark?... [url="http://www20.tomshardware.com/2005/11/21/the_mother_of_all_cpu_charts_2005/"][read more][/url]