06-07-2002, 07:25 PM
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First Clawhammer benchmarks
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/25625.html
Mmm - Clawhammer. With a code-name like that, you're going to have high expectations. AMD's next generation CPU, launching under the name "Opteron" (I believe), has spit out some insanely powerful benchmarks. Too early to make any final decisions, but if I'm interpreting the benchmarks correctly, the Clawhammer/Opteron chip at 800 mhz spit out as many frames per second in Quake III as a 1600 mhz Pentium 4. Yikes!
"You know when a German tech site has got hold of a big story or review - it publishes an English-language version. Germany's TecChannel has got a biggie: the first benchmarks of AMD's upcoming 64-bit ClawHammer desktop CPU gained after running a prototype machine on the AMD Computex booth in Taiwan through its paces for an hour. There are more caveats than a lawyer's letter. The software used for testing was 32-bit; it's a prototype; the chip may have been locked at 800MHz, so a direct comparison should only be made with an 800MHz Athlon etcetera. etcetera. But the rig is stable, the ClawHammer performs up to 40 per cent faster than an Athlon running at the same clock rate. And the chip is cool - not even hand-hot in operation."
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06-07-2002, 07:26 PM
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OOOOOOOO Can't hardly wait!!! 
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06-07-2002, 07:32 PM
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desktop chip speed tests? Isn't that so 90's? :lol:
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06-07-2002, 08:18 PM
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Re: First Clawhammer benchmarks
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
And the chip is cool - not even hand-hot in operation."
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That's good news. I was wondering if 2Ghz PocketPCs were going to come with welders gloves to be able to hold them :wink:
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06-07-2002, 08:36 PM
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Re: First Clawhammer benchmarks
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
AMD's next generation CPU, launching under the name "Opteron" (I believe), ...
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Just a minor correction... Opteron is the official name of the Sledgehammer processor, the 64 bit chip for enterprise. The Clawhammer line will simply be called Athlon, which will eventually replace the current Athlon line.
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06-07-2002, 11:51 PM
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Re: First Clawhammer benchmarks
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Originally Posted by DualShock
Just a minor correction... Opteron is the official name of the Sledgehammer processor, the 64 bit chip for enterprise. The Clawhammer line will simply be called Athlon, which will eventually replace the current Athlon line.
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Aha! Thanks, I was wondering about that. So the Clawhammer is just an Athlon at 0.13 microns? Hmm - I thought with Opteron coming out this year that would be THE chip. Is Clawhammer just a hold-over until Opteron comes out?
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06-08-2002, 12:49 AM
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If memory serves, I believe the Clawhammer is also a 64 bit / 32 bit hybrid like the Sledgehammer, but will be the consumer model. It will be called Athlon (something), possibly Athlon 64, but no one really knows what that something is. When it comes out, the current Athlon line will be relegated to the mid-range/budget price point. The new Athlons supposedly coming out this Monday are the 0.13 micron Thoroughbred Athlons (nothing more than a die shrink though). I'm not sure of the Hammer line is 0.13 micron, but it most likely is. There is another Athlon scheduled to come out, code named Barton, that will have 512 KB of L2 cache.
Sheesh, I think I confused myself somewhere in there.... :wink: In any event, I think you get the idea Jason.
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