So, is my 3800+ processor 3.8ghz or not?
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October 7th, 2011
I’ve looked around, and until I install windows I can’t see the actual speed, but ive seen differing things online. what does 3800+ really mean?
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3800 is just the model number. Unrelated to speed.
Intel i7 processors do not run at “i7” MHz. The old nvidia 8800 graphics cards don’t run at 8.8 ghz, nor do they have 8.8 gigs of VRAM.. My core2quad q8400 doesn’t run at 8.4ghz.
There are a lot of products in the 3800 line, see the AMD website listing.
It looks like most of them run between 2 and 2.4 GHz.
no, its not the mdoel number its there isntead of the ghz rating, and its a cpu, not graphics. which is stupid, anyways, windows is almost done isntalling so I can see what it is.
well what the hell, its 2.01. Why do they have it marked 3800+? Thats bullshit
It’s marked as 3800 because that’s the model number.
It’s called advertising not “truth in name”...
They selling for $15.00 US on eBay auctions.
Them why is there a model number and part number below that?
It’s only the model number. Ford Five Hundred did not have anything 500, Chrysler 200 is model number too. Hope you didn’t pay much more than $15.
i got it free with an awesome mobo, but its dissapointing since its 2.01
It’s not a model number, and it is linked to performance in that it represents AMD’s ‘True Performance Index’. How neutral or comparable a TPI is remains to be seen and would require extensive benchmarking on a variety of hardware profiles with Intel and AMD processors.
If you go amd look at the specifications for old games , you’ll see that the AMD chips have a significantly lower specified clockspeed for similar performance requirements.
It’s not all clockspeed.
As @the100thmonkey writes, it’s not all about clock speed.
AMD was making processors equal to Intel chips, despite the lower clock speeds. It was easier to rename their products rather than make everybody understand the technical details.
For example, some performance scores from Passmark
score 610 AMD Athlon 64 3800+
score 640 Intel Pentium 4 3.80GHz
score 764 Intel Xeon 3.80GHz
score 1047 AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+
link to Passmark’s awesome giant list of CPU benchmarks
@XOIIO caveat emptor. oh wait, it was free. a free dissapointment? psht!
@blueiiznh Considering I’ve gotten server that are over 3 times the power for free, yes XD
What socket is it then? If it’s s939 I’ll gladly take it off your hands. Pay it forward and all that. ;)
Nah, best one I could use in a desktop i gotta keep it XD
AMD and intel use different relatives as a measure of speed, (AMDs is actually more honest IMO)
Its kind of like comparing Miles ph AND km ph for speed.
62 Mph seems fairly fast but 100 Kph sounds even faster. Speed is relative.
Microsoft like to use Intel’s version of measurement without regarding others so that may be why you are getting unexpected results.
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