State of the Art of State of the Art of Different ProcessorsDifferent Processors

José F. Ocasio JaneiroJosé F. Ocasio JaneiroEdgar A. Arce GarcíaEdgar A. Arce García

ArcOmArcOm

Electrical and Computer Engineering DepartmentElectrical and Computer Engineering DepartmentAugust 28, 2004August 28, 2004

OutlineOutline

I.I. IntroductionIntroductionII.II. Comparative Table Comparative Table III.III. AMD Athlon XP 2800+AMD Athlon XP 2800+IV.IV. Intel Pentium 4Intel Pentium 4V.V. Intel XeonIntel XeonVI.VI. ConclusionConclusionVII.VII. ReferencesReferencesVIII.VIII. AcknowledgementsAcknowledgements

IntroductionIntroduction

We are going to study different current We are going to study different current workstation processors and compare them in workstation processors and compare them in terms: terms:

• frequency frequency • size of cachesize of cache• characteristics of the processorcharacteristics of the processor• power consumptionpower consumption• cost cost • technology advances.technology advances.

Comparative TableComparative TableIntel

XeonFrequency Cache Power Consumption Cost

2.80 - 3.60GHz(L1) Execution trace (L2) 1MB 111W $259.87-$305.34

Pentium 4Frequency L2 cache Power Consumption Cost

3.20,3.40 & 3.60 GHz 1MB 81.8W $121.00-$201.00

AMD

Athlon XP 2800+Frequency Cache Power Consumption Cost

2.083GHz(L1) 128KB(L2) 512KB 68.6W $122.00-$159.99

AMD ATHLON XP 2800+AMD ATHLON XP 2800+

Features:Features: 640KB of total on die cache for increased software 640KB of total on die cache for increased software

performanceperformance Size approximately 54.3 million transistors on 101mm2Size approximately 54.3 million transistors on 101mm2

Peak data rate of 2.7GB/s Peak data rate of 2.7GB/s Support for 64-bit bi-directional dataSupport for 64-bit bi-directional data

Less Power Consumption Less Power Consumption QuantiSpeed Architecture QuantiSpeed Architecture

333MHz System Bus333MHz System Bus

Intel Pentium 4Intel Pentium 4

Features:Intel NetBurst microarchitecture

Front Side Bus of 800MHzHyper-Threading technology

Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology

Intel XeonIntel Xeon

Features:Features:

Hyper-Threading technologyHyper-Threading technology

Demand Based Switching with Enhanced Demand Based Switching with Enhanced Intel SpeedStep TechnologyIntel SpeedStep Technology

Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 (SSE3)Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 (SSE3)

ConclusionConclusion

Current processor technology has reached Current processor technology has reached impressive levels and is advancing at a high impressive levels and is advancing at a high speedspeed

When looking for a processor to buy, the When looking for a processor to buy, the appropriate processor will depend on the appropriate processor will depend on the needs, considering the different trade-offs that needs, considering the different trade-offs that can emerge in the analysis of the different can emerge in the analysis of the different workstation processors. workstation processors. Ex. More speed mean more power Ex. More speed mean more power consumption. consumption.

ReferencesReferences

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AcknowledgementsAcknowledgements

To collect specifications from different To collect specifications from different current workstation processors is not easy.current workstation processors is not easy. ArcOm recognizes that it would be too hardArcOm recognizes that it would be too hard to find them as quick as we did without theto find them as quick as we did without the help of the internet resources we have athelp of the internet resources we have at the campus. We specially recognize thethe campus. We specially recognize the significant help get from search pages assignificant help get from search pages as http://www.google.com .http://www.google.com .