Intel Unwraps Pentium 4
INDEPENDENT benchmarking numbers performed on Intel's new Pentium 4 processor indicate less-than-revolutionary performance, and an improved version is already set to arrive next year...
...A 1GHz Pentium III processor outperformed a 1.5GHz Pentium 4 clocked back to 1GHz in six out of eight performance benchmarks, according to Tom's Hardware Guide. The results were similar when comparing an AMD Athlon processor against the Pentium 4 with both chips operating at 1.2GHz...
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