Why Build A Pc With An Amd Athlon Processor; Benchmarks - AMD Athlon Manual

A Guide to Building a PC with an AMD Athlon™ Processor
an AMD Athlon™ Processor?
The AMD Athlon processor sets a new performance standard in personal computing.
n True seventh-generation features include a 200-MHz system bus—twice the peak
bandwidth of the current industry standard 100-MHz bus.
n High-performance cache architecture featuring an integrated 128-Kbyte level-one
(L1) cache—four times the L1 cache of a Pentium® III—and a programmable, high-
speed backside L2 cache interface scalable to support up to eight Mbytes. Current
processor modules implement a 512-Kbyte L2 cache.
n AMD Athlon processor available at clock speeds of 650 MHz, 600 MHz, 550 MHz,
and 500 MHz.
n The AMD Athlon processor marks the introduction of the PC industry's fastest
floating-point engine, featuring three out-of-order, superscalar floating-point units.
n If you need fast rendering of high-resolution graphics and video, the AMD Athlon
processor provides the solution.
n 3DNow!™ technology has been enhanced for the AMD Athlon processor with 24
new instructions added to the 21 instructions already implemented in the currently
available AMD-K6
n If you are looking for long-term investment protection, the AMD Athlon processor
delivers next-generation features designed to allow your investment to last for
years to come. High clock speeds and seventh-generation architecture are designed
to allow you to be prepared for emerging technologies or future innovations in PC
software.
n Whether you are a business user, power user, or PC hobbyist, AMD has the solution
that is right for you.
n With over 120-million PC processors sold worldwide, AMD delivers a broad range
of highly reliable products to power mission-critical applications.

Benchmarks

The following benchmarks (Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3, and Figure 4) show the
outstanding performance of the AMD Athlon processor. You can build the world's
fastest PC system with the AMD Athlon processor.
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