- Spec Number SL6WG
- Processor Frequency 3.20 GHZ
- Package Type 478 pin PPGA FC-PGA2
- Bus Speed 800 MHz
- Core Stepping D1
- L2 Cache Size 512 KB
- L2 Cache Speed 3.20 GHZ
- CPUID String 0F29h
- Core Voltage 1.5V
- Thermal Guideline 82.0W
- Thermal Spec 70°C
- Manufacturing Technology 0.13 micron
- Bus/Core Ratio 16
Essentially the 3.2GHz class C CPU is the same as its fellow Socket 478 P4 brethren running at an 800MHz PSB with just a little more power under its proverbial hood. The CPU runs at a 16X core speed versus a 15X one but other than that there is not much more to talk about technically speaking and the proof is in the test numbers that reveal the CPU's true potential.
The 3.2GHz is the king of the ring and with the addition of the 800MHz PSB it will be hard to tell how long AMD's Athlon XP Barton series CPU can still remain a forerunner with the release of the C class P4 and both the Canterwood and Springdale chipsets. Multitasking is a serious test for how well a CPU and chipset can perform when asked to execute multiple program applications and maintain system performance integrity, which being said I have always found Intel to maintain its system performance for longer periods of time when used in a multitasking environment.
Playing games or listening to music or just doing some Internet surfing are both things that both the faster speed AMD Athlon and P4 CPU's do equally well but when you are writing in Word, making graphs in Excel, checking your email and doing a little editing in Photoshop as well as listening to MP3's all in the same user session the P4 platform will not slow down in its operations after long periods of time. Not so with the Athlon as the AMD system seems to take longer and longer to open and run applications in this multitasking environment after a few applications are started and running simultaneously. The P4 is the premiere platform for the desktop market and until AMD can get their game up it looks as if Intel will still remain on the top and be the main choice for most end users.
