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QUICK COMPARISON FOR
MAINSTREAM CPU
BEST PERFORMANCE
Task
P4 530
RM 675
P4 531
RM 710
P4 630
RM 790
A64 3000+
RM 575
A64 3200+
RM 750
  General
  Multitasking
  Image / Video Editing
  Audio / Video Encoding
  Gaming Application
  3D Model Rendering
  MAYA Rendering
  Science and Maths
  Software Development
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
102.2
103.2
108.5
113.0
102.3
97.0
141.9
109.0
109.6
107.5
90.5
102.1
86.3
108.3
92.0
128.1
119.4
119.1
110.6
99.6
110.1
96.6
116.3
100.0
141.9
127.3
123.6
  OVERALL
100.0
100.0
109.6
105.9
114.0
PERFORMANCE TO PRICE RATIO
Task
P4 530
RM 675
P4 531
RM 710
P4 630
RM 790
A64 3000+
RM 575
A64 3200+
RM 750
  General
  Multitasking
  Image / Video Editing
  Audio / Video Encoding
  Gaming Application
  3D Model Rendering
  MAYA Rendering
  Science and Maths
  Software Development
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
0.95
0.95
0.95
0.95
0.95
0.95
0.95
0.95
0.95
0.87
0.88
0.93
0.97
0.87
0.83
1.21
0.93
0.94
1.26
1.06
1.20
1.01
1.27
1.08
1.51
1.40
1.40
1.00
0.90
0.99
0.87
1.05
0.90
1.28
1.15
1.11
  OVERALL
1.00
0.95
0.94
1.24
1.03
PERFORMANCE TO POWER RATIO
P4 530
101.8W
P4 531
101.8W
P4 630
106.5W
A64 3000+
43.2W
A64 3200+
46.2W
  overall
0.98
0.98
0.99
2.39
2.39
 
CONCLUSION:
 
AMD is the winner in the 3 comparisons above. Best performance CPU means which microprocessor can perform best, regardless of price and power. Pentium 4 630 managed to gain Pentium 4 530 by around 10% in overall.

Best performance to price ratio means the performance that you can get with RM1. Higher value means worther to buy. Athlon64 3000+ is the worthest among all microprocessors. For Pentium 4, you have to sacrifice a bit more money to buy features such as EMT64, EIST and etc, given the same amount of performance. However, Pentium 4 630 is still a better choice than Pentium 4 531, although both supported EMT64. It is because, P4 630 has more features compared to P4 531, and the 'worthness difference' is 1% only.

Performance to power ratio might be something new. It is used to measure the performance of microprocessor per Watt (electric power measurement). Higher value means the microprocessor is able to use lower power to squeeze the same performance. Lower power consumption makes you pay less for electric bill.

In conclusion, Athlon64 is the best all rounder microprocessor in mainstream market. It performs well, consume very little power, supports as many features as Pentium 4 630 and most importantly, cheap !
 
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