The nice continuer of business Athlon 64 FX-55 which has got new 90nm SOI kernel San Diego (which differences from Venice are minimal) with the advanced controller of memory and support of instructions SSE3 a set. Besides frequency has grown on 200 MHz and now makes 2.8 GHz. It is the first Athlon 64 FX which is made on 90nm SOI to process and supports SSE3. Indirectly it testifies that data techprocess already is sufficiently debugged to let out on its basis flagman processors with the highest productivity. From the point of view of the user, new Athlon 64 FX nothing differs from previous. It is established in the same processor socket, as previous Athlon 64 FX-55 and does not show any additional requirements to a system payment.

This processor is the most younger CPU in a ruler of multicore processors from Intel for workstations. Basic difference Pentium D from Pentium XE consists that Pentium D, unlike the last, has two physical cores, but does not support technology Hyper-Threading. Pentium D 820, besides, works on the lowest for all family Prescott-like CPU to frequency: 2.8 GHz. In the rest - anything new: simply Pentium XE, but without Hyper-Threading. The basic feature of family Pentium D consists in more than democratic price. On official data of the manufacturer, wholesale prices on Pentium D 820/830/840 as of the moment of an clause output, make $241/316/530, accordingly. For comparison: wholesale price Pentium 4 670 makes $851, Athlon 64 FX-57 - $1031.

Represents logical continuation of ruler Pentium 4 6xx. Accordingly does not represent anything especial: the same architecture of a kernel (Prescott-2M), as at Pentium 4 660, the same speed of the trunk (800 MHz in frequency equivalent) and volume of a L2-cache (2 mbytes), only on 200 MHz has grown frequency (i.e. up to 3.8 GHz). By last plans Intel, Pentium 4 670 it should appear last processor in the given ruler as 4 GHz's CPU on the basis of kernel Prescott-2M from plans of the company was gone in the past to year.

The unconditional victory of processors AMD over game tests already for anybody is not news, and Athlon 64 FX-57 only has increased break. Also noticeably cleanly nominal superiority Pentium 4 XE 3.73 GHz above Pentium 4 670, that allows to justify positioning of this processor by the company-manufacturer formally. Dual-core CPUs - absolutely "any", and it too is natural: SMP-optimization of game have no, and unique suitable for game applications dual-core CPU AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800 + in given article it is not involved.

Athlon 64 FX-57 has proved the right to refer to to the fastest one-core CPU for workstations. On the other hand, the concept inexpensive dual-core processor which in that testing was represented with the processor from Intel, too has proved the right to existence. In programs with good SMP-optimization fresh one-core or lose Pentium D 820, or show about similar result (but at the much greater price).

From this point of view it would be very quite good to look at bottom models Athlon 64 X2: unlike premium sectors dual-core CPUs where productivity and consequently unconditionally wins AMD is important only, in sector inexpensive multicore CPU, between Intel and AMD serious fight could inflame. Not for superiority in absolute values of speed, namely for a parity between by and speed.

Pentium 4 670 anything especial has not shown, except for that fact, that 1066 MHz the trunk while remains basically not demanded. However, considering the consumer status of data CPU, it can be considered as very quite good competitor Pentium XE 3.73 GHz (that is it turns out, that Intel, in sector own top CPU, somewhat competes to itself). Thus, a conditional second place in the general offset among top one-core CPU among themselves the whole three processors now divide: Athlon 64 FX-55, Pentium 4 670, and Pentium XE 3.73 GHz (thus, the truth, essentially differing in preferences concerning sphere of application).