Which runs hotter?

panzerkwpanzerkw New York City
edited October 2003 in Hardware
A P4C 3.2 GHz, an Athlon Barton 3200, or an Athlon 64 3200? Some statistics would also be nice.

Pretty sure it's the P4, but everywhere people seems to be saying the Athlon's run hotter, and I can't figure out why when it's clocked so much slower.

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  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited October 2003
    Different structures on all those silcons. XP3200 uses a bit more voltage than the Intel at default. The core itself is much bigger on the FX, hence why it has a greater cooling area.
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited October 2003
    The AMDs do more per clock cycle and have a higher percentage of the pipeline full compared to the Intel which makes the AMD produce more heat per MHz but for ~ the same performace.
  • Al_CapownAl_Capown Indiana
    edited October 2003
    Typical oc's for the aforementioned processors:
    P4 3.2c 15% (3200 to 3700)
    AMD 3200 9% (2200 to 2400)
    AMD 64 3200 15% (2000 to 2300)

    I'd say the p4. Whenever I read reviews in threads or newegg the highest temperature i see for p4c's that are overclock are 58c. I'm not talking about boards with poor temperature probes either (is7). The highest I usually see Barton's running at when oc'ed to their limit is 53-54. As for AMD 64 3200's they run at 1.5 stock vcore, as compared to the 1.65 of the barton which is sure to lower the chip's temperature. Also by just scanning through the reviews on newegg's page it seem that the 64's run at 2.3 ghz with a 35c load which is pretty cool if you ask me.
  • panzerkwpanzerkw New York City
    edited October 2003
    Ok is there a page somewhere that lists typical running temperatures or wattage? I'm talking about CPU's running at their stock speeds, not when overclocked...
  • Park_7677Park_7677 Missouri Member
    edited October 2003
    All the information you could ever want...

    :thumbsup:

    That gives you Maximum Heat Dissipated of almost any CPU you can think of... Temperatures can be guessed of which runs hotter... be careful though... Intel doesn't release true numbers ;)
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited October 2003
    Just keep in mind that the specs for the p4 are probably off- Intel said the 3.06 was like 85w, when in reality, it's 105. They claim that you could never reach 105w in real-world use, so it's 85. I still say it's 105, but that's fine.
  • Park_7677Park_7677 Missouri Member
    edited October 2003
    Remember this Geeky? ;) It's a remake picture...

    /me remembers the Icrontic thread
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