White Paper

October 2001

Prepared by:

Workstations Division Engineering Compaq Computer Corporation

Contents

 

Introduction .................................

3

Comparison of Pentium 4 and

 

Pentium III Architecture

 

Benefits.......................................

3

Case for Performance..................

5

SYSmark 2001.........................

5

3D WinBench 2000 –

 

Processor Test.........................

6

Summary.....................................

8

Additional Micro-Architecture

 

Detail ..........................................

9

Pentium III ...............................

9

Pentium 4 ..............................

10

Impact of DirectX 8.0..............

12

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Comparison of Intel Pentium III

and Pentium 4 Processor

Performance

Abstract: This white paper summarizes key technology advancements in the Intel® Pentium® 4 processor compared with the previous-generation Intel Pentium III processor. Common benchmark workloads are discussed to provide an illustration of which areas of computing will benefit the most from this new architecture. Results of Compaq benchmark testing, comparing results for both processors, are included to demonstrate the performance gains realizable with the new processor.