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Mobile Pentium III Processor and 440BX AGPset

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Mobile Pentium III Processor and 440BX AGPset
Performance Brief
September 2000
Order Number: 245300-005
Mobile Pentium III Processor and 440BX AGPset Performance Brief
Executive Summary
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Mobile Pentium III Processor and 440BX AGPset Performance Brief
Figure 1. The Spectrum of Performance
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Contents
Executive Summary ...................................................................i 1.0 2.0 Introduction............................................................1 Spectrum of Performance ................................................3 2.1 Productivity Benchmarks............................................3 2.2 Multimedia Benchmarks .............................................3 2.3 3D Benchmarks / Floating-Point Benchmarks .............................3 2.4 Internet Technology Benchmarks .....................................3 2.5 Evolving and Future Benchmarks .....................................4 The Mobile Pentium III Processor ..........................................5 Mobile Pentium III Processor Product Feature Highlights......................6 Intel 440BX AGPset Product Feature Highlights..............................8 Performance Summary ...................................................9 6.1 Productivity Benchmarks............................................9 6.1.1 SYSmark 2000.............................................9 6.1.2 Winstone 99 ..............................................10 6.2 Multimedia Benchmarks ............................................11 6.2.1 MultimediaMark 99.........................................11 6.3 3D Benchmarks / Floating-Point Benchmarks ...........................12 6.3.1 3D Winbench 2000 Processor Test ............................12 6.3.2 WinBench -FPU WinMark ...................................13 6.4 Internet Technology Benchmarks ....................................14 6.4.1 SYSmark J ...............................................14 Summary .............................................................16
Appendix ATest Configurations......................................................18
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Figures
Figure 1. The Spectrum of Performance....................................... ii Figure 2. Intel Mobile Pentium III Processor for SYSmark 2000 on Windows 98 Benchmark.....................................................10 Figure 3. Intel Mobile Pentium III Processor Performance for Winstone 99 Benchmark.11 Figure 4. Intel Mobile Pentium III Processor Performance for the MultimediaMark 99 Benchmark.....................................................12 Figure 5. Intel Mobile Pentium III Processor Performance for the 3D Winbench 2000 Processor Test..................................................13 Figure 6. Intel Mobile Pentium III Processor Performance for the WinBench FPU WinMark.......................................................14 Figure 7. Intel Mobile Pentium III Processor Performance for the SYSmark J Benchmark.....................................................15
Tables
Table 1. Spectrum of Performance Benchmark ResultsProductivity Benchmark .....16 Table 2. Spectrum of Performance Benchmark Results Multimedia Benchmarks....16 Table 3. Spectrum of Performance Benchmark Results 3D Benchmarks / Floating Point Benchmarks...............................................17 Table 4. Spectrum of Performance Benchmark ResultsInternet Technology Benchmarks ....................................................17 Table 5. System Configuration Used in Benchmark Tests ........................18
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Introduction
The Intel mobile Pentium III processor is not offered at 550 MHz. This performance brief includes the performance at 550 MHz since the mobile Pentium III processor featuring Intel SpeedStep technology at 700 MHz drops to a speed of 550 MHz in the Battery Optimized Performance mode respectively.
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Mobile Pentium III processor at 750 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor at 800 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor at 850 MHz
Intel is committed to using the most robust and relevant benchmarks in characterizing the performance of its products, and Intel will adapt this mix over time as newer benchmarks are introduced into the PC market. System performance does not depend on the microprocessor alone. Hardware and software system components-such as the operating system, the graphics and I / 0 subsystems, application software, and memory-may significantly affect benchmark results. For this reason, this Performance Brief illustrates mobile Pentium III processor performance on a consistent system configuration. Details of the system configuration used for the benchmarks throughout this brief can be found in Appendix A.
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Spectrum of Performance
When evaluating the performance of a microprocessor or system, it is important to obtain the complete performance picture. A processor and system should deliver high performance across the entire Spectrum of Performance including Productivity, Multimedia, 3D, and Internet.
Productivity Benchmarks
Productivity software includes applications such as word processing presentation and personal finance. Popular, industry-standard productivity benchmarks include: System Level Benchmarks: · · SYSmark 2000 Winstone 99
Multimedia Benchmarks
Multimedia benchmarks are designed specifically to represent the activities of end users working with video, audio, and imaging technologies such as MPEG1, Dolby Digital Sound, AVI, PC imaging, and video conferencing. A benchmark that falls under this category is: · MultimediaMark 99
3D Benchmarks / Floating-Point Benchmarks
The most common type of 3D application today is 3D games. Benchmarks that measure processor, 3D, and floating-point performance include: · · 3D Winbench 2000 Processor Test WinBench 99-FPU WinMark
Internet Technology Benchmarks
Internet applications are evolving at a tremendous rate and include browser, 3D, and multimedia technologies. In attempting to evaluate processor Internet performance, PC users should consult the productivity, 3D, and multimedia benchmarks listed above. Additionally, some Java Internet technology benchmarks are: System Level Benchmark: · SYSmark J
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Evolving and Future Benchmarks
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The Mobile Pentium III Processor
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Mobile Pentium III Processor Product Feature Highlights
The mobile Pentium III processor is fully compatible with an entire library of PC software based on operating systems such as MS-DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Windows 98, Windows 95, OS / 2, UnixWare, SCO UNIX, Windows NT, Windows 2000, OPENSTEP, and Sun Solaris. Architectural features of the mobile Pentium III processor include: · Intel SpeedStep technology: The mobile Pentium III processor featuring Intel SpeedStep technology is offered at 850 MHz, 800 MHz, 750 MHz, 700 MHz, 650 MHz, 600 MHz, and low voltage 600 MHz. Highlights of this technology include: Two performance modes - Maximum Performance mode for near desktop performance, and Battery Optimized Performance mode for lower power consumption and improved battery life. Real-time dynamic switching between the two performance modes without resetting the system. · Streaming SIMD Extensions: The Streaming SIMD Extensions consist of 70 new instructions, including single instruction multiple data floating-point, additional SIMD integer, and cacheability control instructions. Some of the technologies that benefit from the Streaming SIMD Extensions include advanced imaging, 3D, streaming audio and video, and speech recognition applications. The benefits include: Higher resolution and higher quality image viewing and manipulation High quality audio, MPEG2 video, and simultaneous MPEG2 encoding and decoding · Reduced CPU utilization for speech recognition, as well as higher accuracy and faster response times
Intel MMX Media Enhancement Technology: Intel MMX technology is designed as a set of 57 basic, general-purpose integer instructions and four data types that are easily applied to the needs of a wide range of multimedia and communications applications. Highlights of the technology include: Single Instruction, Multiple Data (SIMD) technique Eight 64-bit wide MMX technology registers
Dynamic Execution Technology: Multiple branch prediction: Predicts program execution through several branches, thereby accelerating the flow of work to the processor
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Testing and Performance Monitoring Features: Built-In Self Test (BIST) provides single stuck-at fault coverage of the microcode and large logic arrays, as well as testing of the instruction cache, data cache, Translation Lookaside Buffers (TLBs), and ROMs. IEEE 1149.1 Standard Test Access Port and Boundary Scan mechanism enables testing of the Pentium III processor and system connections through a standard interface. Internal performance counters can be used for performance monitoring and event counting. Incorporates an on-die diode that can be used to monitor the die temperature. A thermal sensor located on the motherboard can monitor the die temperature of the mobile Pentium III processor for thermal management purposes.
Other significant features of the mobile Pentium III processor include: High-performance Dual Independent Bus (DIB) architecture (system bus and cache bus) provides high bandwidth, performance, and scalability with future system technologies. The system bus supports multiple outstanding transactions to increase bandwidth availability. A 256-K integrated, unified, non-blocking, level-two (L2) cache improves performance by reducing the average memory access time and by providing fast access to recently used instructions and data. Performance is boosted even further through the Full Speed Advanced Transfer Cache. This L2 cache is integrated on the processor die to minimize latency during cache accesses. Intelligent buffering and a 256-bit cache bus provide superior concurrency and throughput. This processor also incorporates separate 16-K, level-one caches one for instructions and one for data. The mobile Pentium III processor supports memory cacheability for up to 4 GB of addressable memory space. The processor is available with Error Correction Code (ECC) functionality on the leveltwo cache bus for applications where data intensity and reliability are essential. A pipelined Floating-Point Unit (FPU) supports the 32-bit and 64-bit formats specified in IEEE standard 754 as well as an 80-bit format. Parity-protected address / request and response system bus signals with a retry mechanism ensure high data integrity and reliability.
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Intel 440BX AGPset Product Feature Highlights
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Performance Summary
Productivity Benchmarks
SYSmark 2000
SYSmark 2000 is a suite of application software and associated benchmark scripts developed by the Business Applications Performance Corporation (BAPCO), a non-profit consortium of PC OEMs, software vendors, semiconductor manufacturers, and industry publications. SYSmark 2000 is a tool that measures system performance on popular business-oriented applications in the Microsoft Windows operating environment. SYSmark 2000 contains 12 application workloads that are divided into two categories: office productivity and Internet content creation. SYSmark 2000 includes 32-bit benchmark scripts for the following categories and applications: Office Productivity: · · · · · · · · Corel CorelDRAW 8 Microsoft Excel 97 Dragon Systems Naturally Speaking 2.02 Netscape Communicator 4.05 Caere OmniPage Pro 8.0 Corel Paradox 8.0 Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Microsoft Word 97
Content Creation: · · · · · · MetaCreations Bryce 2 Avid Elastic Reality 3.1 Macromedia Extreme3D 2 Adobe Photoshop 4.0.1 Adobe Premiere 4.2 Xing Technology XingMPEG Encoder 2.1
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Figure 2. Intel Mobile Pentium III Processor for SYSmark 2000 on Windows 98 Benchmark
1.90 Relative Performance 1.80 1.70 1.60 1.50 1.40 1.30 1.20 1.10 1.00 0.90 SYSmark2000 Pentium III processor 400 Pentium III processor 450 Pentium III processor 500 Pentium III processor 550 Pentium III processor 600 Pentium III processor 650 Pentium III processor 700 Pentium III processor 750 Pentium III processor 800 Pentium III processor 850
Winstone 99
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Figure 3. Intel Mobile Pentium III Processor Performance for Winstone 99 Benchmark
1.40 Relative Performance 1.35 1.30 1.25 1.20 1.15 1.10 1.05 1.00 0.95 0.90 Winstone 99 Pentium III processor 400 Pentium III processor 450 Pentium III processor 500 Pentium III processor 550 Pentium III processor 600 Pentium III processor 650 Pentium III processor 700 Pentium III processor 750 Pentium III processor 800 Pentium III processor 850
Multimedia Benchmarks
MultimediaMark 99
MultimediaMark 99 is a benchmark application suite by Futuremark Corporation. It focuses on testing multimedia performance of a modern PC in a "real world" environment. The components of MultimediaMark 99 include MPEG-1 video encoding, MPEG-1 video playback, image processing, and audio effects.
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Figure 4. Intel Mobile Pentium III Processor Performance for the MultimediaMark 99 Benchmark
1.90 Relative Performance 1.70 1.50 1.30 1.10 0.90 MultimediaMark 99
Pentium III processor 400 Pentium III processor 450 Pentium III processor 500 Pentium III processor 550 Pentium III processor 600 Pentium III processor 650 Pentium III processor 700 Pentium III processor 750 Pentium III processor 800 Pentium III processor 850
3D Benchmarks / Floating-Point Benchmarks
3D Winbench 2000 Processor Test
3D Winbench 2000 measures system-level 3D performance, including CPU and graphics subsystem performance. To understand the processor 3D performance, the benchmark suite includes the 3D WinBench 2000- Processor Test. This benchmark measures the CPU-intensive portion of the 3D graphics pipeline.
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Figure 5. Intel Mobile Pentium III Processor Performance for the 3D Winbench 2000 Processor Test
1.90 Relative Performance 1.70 1.50 1.30 1.10 0.90 3DWinbench 2000 Processor Test
Pentium III processor 400 Pentium III processor 450 Pentium III processor 500 Pentium III processor 550 Pentium III processor 600 Pentium III processor 650 Pentium III processor 700 Pentium III processor 750 Pentium III processor 800 Pentium III processor 850
WinBench -FPU WinMark
The WinBench 99-FPU WinMark 99 benchmark measures the performance of the processor floating-point subsystem, which is used for such tasks as 3D graphics rendering and scientific calculations. This synthetic benchmark was developed by Ziff-Davis. The test consists of five algorithms: 3D graphics operations, fast Fourier transforms (FFT), calculation of planetary orbitals, calculation of areas of polygons, and Gauss-Jordan elimination of a coefficient matrix of linear equations. The benchmark reports a single score based on the weightings that Ziff-Davis has assigned to the component algorithms.
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Figure 6. Intel Mobile Pentium III Processor Performance for the WinBench FPU WinMark
2.30 Relative Performance 2.10 1.90 1.70 1.50 1.30 1.10 0.90 Winbench FPU Mark Pentium III processor 400 Pentium III processor 450 Pentium III processor 500 Pentium III processor 550 Pentium III processor 600 Pentium III processor 650 Pentium III processor 700 Pentium III processor 750 Pentium III processor 800 Pentium III processor 850
Internet Technology Benchmarks
SYSmark J
SYSmark J is a Java benchmark suite designed and developed by the Business Applications Performance Corporation (BAPCO). It allows performance comparisons across platforms that support Java Development Kit Version 1.1 (JDK1.1). SYSmark J is a collection of four applications covering word processing, spreadsheet, image processing, and multimedia.
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Figure 7. Intel Mobile Pentium III Processor Performance for the SYSmark J Benchmark
1.80 1.70 Relative Performance 1.60 1.50 1.40 1.30 1.20 1.10 1.00 0.90 SYSmarkJ Pentium III processor 400 Pentium III processor 450 Pentium III processor 500 Pentium III processor 550 Pentium III processor 600 Pentium III processor 650 Pentium III processor 700 Pentium III processor 750 Pentium III processor 800 Pentium III processor 850
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Summary
Table 1 summarizes productivity benchmark performance of the mobile Pentium III processor at speeds of 450 MHz and above, relative to that of the mobile Pentium III processor at 400 MHz. A higher score indicates better performance.
Table 1. Spectrum of Performance Benchmark ResultsProductivity Benchmark
SYSmark 2000 Mobile Pentium III processor 400 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor 450 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor 500 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor 550 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor 600 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor 650 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor 700 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor 750 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor 800 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor 850 MHz 1.00 1.09 1.15 1.24 1.31 1.37 1.45 1.49 1.54 1.58 Winstone 99 1.00 1.05 1.09 1.14 1.17 1.19 1.22 1.26 1.28 1.30
Table 2 summarizes the multimedia benchmark performance of the mobile Pentium III processor at speeds of 450 MHz and above, relative to that of the mobile Pentium III processor at 400 MHz. A higher score indicates better performance. Table 2. Spectrum of Performance Benchmark Results Multimedia Benchmarks
Multimediamark99 Mobile Pentium III processor 400 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor 450 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor 500 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor 550 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor 600 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor 650 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor 700 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor 750 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor 800 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor 850 MHz 1.00 1.10 1.20 1.30 1.40 1.48 1.58 1.66 1.73 1.82
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Table 3 summarizes the 3D / floating-point benchmark performance of the mobile Pentium III processor at speeds of 450 MHz and above, relative to the mobile Pentium III processor at 400 MHz. A higher score indicates better performance. Table 3. Spectrum of Performance Benchmark Results 3D Benchmarks / Floating Point Benchmarks
3DWinbench2000 Processor Test Mobile Pentium III processor 400 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor 450 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor 500 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor 550 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor 600 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor 650 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor 700 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor 750 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor 800 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor 850 MHz 1.00 1.09 1.20 1.30 1.40 1.48 1.57 1.66 1.72 1.81 Winbench FPU Winmark 1.00 1.13 1.25 1.37 1.49 1.63 1.75 1.87 2.00 2.12
Table 4 summarizes Internet benchmark performance of the Intel mobile Pentium III processor at speeds of 450 MHz and above, relative to that of the mobile Pentium III processor at 400 MHz. A higher score indicates better performance. Table 4. Spectrum of Performance Benchmark ResultsInternet Technology Benchmarks
SYSmarkJ Mobile Pentium III processor 400 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor 450 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor 500 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor 550 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor 600 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor 650 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor 700 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor 750 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor 800 MHz Mobile Pentium III processor 850 MHz 1.00 1.07 1.14 1.20 1.24 1.30 1.34 1.38 1.43 1.47
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Appendix ATest Configurations
Table 5. System Configuration Used in Benchmark Tests
Processor Mobile Pentium III Processor at 400 MHz, 450 MHz, 500 MHz, 550 MHz, 600 MHz, 650 MHz, 700 MHz, and 750 MHz, 800 MHz, 850 MHz Dell Lattitude CPx with Intel 440BX AGPset 100 MHz 16-Kbyte (Instruction) 16-Kbyte (Data) On-die 256 Kbytes with Advanced Transfer Cache 128-MB SDRAM 100 Intel 440BX IBM 4.8 GB Toshiba CD XM-1902B 24X DirectX version 7.00G, Windows 98 SE ESS Maestro-31 ATI Rage Mobility-M1 AGP2x graphics controller
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