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| Intel Pentium4 "Prescott" Strained to the Silicon | |
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(Review by MS, Feb. 1, 2004) |
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Intel Prescott Starting at: |
Sysmark 2004
Office Productivity Scores are subdivided into Communication, Document Creation, Data Analysis:
In office productivity, we see the first hints that higher speed grades of Prescott may turn out more powerful than future speed grades of Northwood. Keep in mind that scaling is in the first instance a matter of the on-die cache size which defies the increasing multiplier latencies and frequency mismatch of higher speed grades.
Communication entails small data chunks, requiring low latency and Prescott basically drops off the cliff. Note that the large L 3 cache of the ExtremeEdition does not really help here either.
Both Document Creation (above) and Data Analysis (below) make efficient use of larger cache sizes and Prescott pulls ahead once more.
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