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CPU History Tour (1995 - 1999)

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See how various processors perform in application and gaming tests. This article is the first part of a large benchmark project. Part one covers CPU development starting with Pentium Classic and up to Pentium III and Athlon.




Summary – Aida 64 Cache & RAM [%]


Pentium III 600EB
87.51
Athlon 600
69.91
2 × Celeron 433
68.84
K6-III+ 577
62.42
Celeron 533
53.10
Pentium III 500
52.34
K6-III 450
52.24
Celeron 433
45.57
Pentium II 450
41.06
Celeron 333
37.73
2 × Pentium II 233 (SDR)
35.56
2 × Pentium II 266 (EDO)
35.10
K6-III 450 (MVP3)
31.31
2 × Pentium Pro 233 (256k)
31.00
K6-2 450
28.26
Pentium 300 MMX
27.22
K6-2 450 (non-cacheable)
26.29
K6-2 450 (MVP3)
25.92
Pentium II 233
23.98
K6-2 300 (FSB 100)
23.44
Pentium Pro 233 (1024k)
23.16
Celeron 300
23.13
MII @ 300 MHz (PR433)
21.97
Pentium Pro 200 (256k)
21.62
Pentium Pro 200 (1024k)
21.02
Pentium 233 MMX
19.96
K6-2 300 (FSB 66)
19.18
MII-333GP
18.18
Pentium 166 MMX
16.90
Pentium 166
16.66
K6-2 233
16.63
K6 233
15.97
MII-233GP
15.15
WinChip C6 200
15.04
K6 166
13.84
6x86L PR166+
0.00
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Summary – Synthetic Benchmarks [%]


Athlon 600
87.32
2 × Celeron 433
83.86
Pentium III 600EB
83.58
Pentium III 500
66.52
Celeron 533
66.41
K6-III+ 577
66.01
Pentium II 450
60.20
Celeron 433
57.33
K6-III 450
56.02
2 × Pentium II 266 (EDO)
54.59
K6-III 450 (MVP3)
51.14
2 × Pentium II 233 (SDR)
50.97
2 × Pentium Pro 233 (256k)
48.52
Celeron 333
46.94
K6-2 450 (MVP3)
44.75
K6-2 450
44.07
MII @ 300 MHz (PR433)
38.07
K6-2 450 (non-cacheable)
37.46
Celeron 300
36.33
Pentium 300 MMX
35.33
Pentium Pro 233 (1024k)
35.16
Pentium II 233
34.99
K6-2 300 (FSB 100)
34.91
MII-333GP
33.23
Pentium Pro 200 (1024k)
31.36
K6-2 300 (FSB 66)
30.64
Pentium Pro 200 (256k)
29.74
Pentium 233 MMX
27.58
K6-2 233
27.40
K6 233
26.79
MII-233GP
26.77
Pentium 166 MMX
21.87
K6 166
21.35
Pentium 166
20.27
WinChip C6 200
18.14
6x86L PR166+
11.87
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Summary – Rendering [%]


Athlon 600
98.01
Pentium III 600EB
86.06
2 × Celeron 433
85.31
Pentium III 500
63.02
Celeron 533
60.92
Pentium II 450
55.86
2 × Pentium II 266 (EDO)
55.36
K6-III+ 577
54.79
Celeron 433
51.65
2 × Pentium II 233 (SDR)
51.47
2 × Pentium Pro 233 (256k)
51.35
K6-III 450 (MVP3)
42.86
K6-III 450
42.63
Celeron 333
41.76
K6-2 450
34.70
Pentium Pro 233 (1024k)
32.95
Pentium II 233
30.16
K6-2 450 (non-cacheable)
28.28
Pentium Pro 200 (1024k)
28.27
Pentium Pro 200 (256k)
26.71
Pentium 300 MMX
26.64
Celeron 300
26.00
K6-2 300 (FSB 100)
23.98
K6-2 300 (FSB 66)
21.75
Pentium 233 MMX
19.35
MII @ 300 MHz (PR433)
19.17
K6-2 233
18.82
K6 233
18.16
K6-2 450 (MVP3)
16.28
MII-333GP
16.17
Pentium 166 MMX
15.18
K6 166
13.56
Pentium 166
13.00
MII-233GP
11.78
WinChip C6 200
10.08
6x86L PR166+
7.59
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Summary – Multimedia Encoding [%]


Athlon 600
98.49
Pentium III 600EB
95.95
Pentium III 500
80.08
Celeron 533
63.05
Pentium II 450
59.48
2 × Celeron 433
56.02
Celeron 433
54.18
K6-III 450
46.75
Celeron 333
43.61
K6-2 450 (MVP3)
43.46
K6-2 450
40.92
K6-2 450 (non-cacheable)
40.36
K6-III 450 (MVP3)
38.16
K6-III+ 577
37.88
2 × Pentium II 266 (EDO)
34.93
2 × Pentium II 233 (SDR)
33.76
Celeron 300
33.10
Pentium II 233
31.63
K6-2 300 (FSB 100)
28.97
K6-2 300 (FSB 66)
25.30
K6-2 233
23.02
Pentium 300 MMX
22.72
Pentium Pro 233 (1024k)
21.70
2 × Pentium Pro 233 (256k)
20.36
K6 233
18.90
Pentium Pro 200 (1024k)
18.64
Pentium 233 MMX
16.89
Pentium Pro 200 (256k)
16.68
K6 166
14.47
MII @ 300 MHz (PR433)
14.01
Pentium 166 MMX
12.97
MII-333GP
12.35
MII-233GP
9.39
WinChip C6 200
8.90
Pentium 166
7.56
6x86L PR166+
4.59
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Summary – Compression and File Operation [%]


Pentium III 600EB
97.69
2 × Celeron 433
89.31
Pentium III 500
85.98
Pentium II 450
78.91
Celeron 533
78.76
Athlon 600
73.84
Celeron 433
73.20
Celeron 333
65.84
K6-III+ 577
65.40
2 × Pentium II 233 (SDR)
64.99
K6-III 450 (MVP3)
62.35
2 × Pentium II 266 (EDO)
57.50
K6-III 450
56.74
Pentium Pro 233 (1024k)
53.62
K6-2 450 (MVP3)
53.40
Pentium II 233
51.62
2 × Pentium Pro 233 (256k)
49.14
Celeron 300
49.12
Pentium Pro 200 (1024k)
48.62
K6-2 450
47.78
K6-2 450 (non-cacheable)
46.42
Pentium Pro 200 (256k)
41.93
MII @ 300 MHz (PR433)
40.56
K6-2 300 (FSB 100)
39.70
Pentium 300 MMX
35.46
MII-333GP
34.95
K6-2 300 (FSB 66)
32.25
K6-2 233
30.61
K6 233
29.20
MII-233GP
28.38
Pentium 233 MMX
26.12
K6 166
25.04
6x86L PR166+
24.19
WinChip C6 200
22.64
Pentium 166 MMX
22.22
Pentium 166
20.32
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Summary – Photo Edit [%]


Pentium III 600EB
1 00.00
Athlon 600
83.14
Pentium III 500
78.53
Celeron 533
75.16
Pentium II 450
72.73
2 × Celeron 433
68.13
Celeron 433
66.67
K6-III+ 577
64.62
Celeron 333
53.95
K6-III 450
52.45
K6-III 450 (MVP3)
51.15
2 × Pentium II 266 (EDO)
42.43
2 × Pentium II 233 (SDR)
42.13
Celeron 300
42.13
K6-2 450
41.13
K6-2 450 (non-cacheable)
41.13
Pentium II 233
40.84
Pentium Pro 233 (1024k)
37.08
2 × Pentium Pro 233 (256k)
36.29
K6-2 450 (MVP3)
33.48
Pentium Pro 200 (1024k)
32.73
Pentium Pro 200 (256k)
31.14
K6-2 300 (FSB 100)
30.59
MII @ 300 MHz (PR433)
26.99
K6-2 300 (FSB 66)
26.26
Pentium 300 MMX
25.28
K6-2 233
24.54
K6 233
22.86
MII-333GP
22.81
Pentium 233 MMX
19.10
K6 166
17.99
MII-233GP
17.51
Pentium 166 MMX
15.16
Pentium 166
14.06
6x86L PR166+
12.82
WinChip C6 200
12.69
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Summary – Multimedia Playback [%]


2 × Celeron 433
1 00.00
Pentium III 500
98.00
Pentium III 600EB
76.29
Athlon 600
71.25
Pentium II 450
54.81
Celeron 533
52.81
K6-III+ 577
51.25
Celeron 433
49.47
K6-III 450
36.43
Celeron 333
36.39
2 × Pentium Pro 233 (256k)
28.00
K6-III 450 (MVP3)
27.62
K6-2 450 (non-cacheable)
24.67
K6-2 450 (MVP3)
23.95
K6-2 450
23.95
2 × Pentium II 233 (SDR)
22.22
Pentium II 233
21.27
K6-2 300 (FSB 100)
20.22
Pentium 300 MMX
19.22
Celeron 300
18.31
2 × Pentium II 266 (EDO)
18.00
Pentium Pro 233 (1024k)
15.67
K6-2 300 (FSB 66)
15.50
Pentium Pro 200 (1024k)
13.44
Pentium Pro 200 (256k)
12.54
Pentium 233 MMX
9.56
K6-2 233
9.37
MII @ 300 MHz (PR433)
9.22
MII-333GP
8.52
K6 233
8.48
Pentium 166 MMX
7.42
K6 166
7.18
MII-233GP
6.60
Pentium 166
2.97
WinChip C6 200
1.05
6x86L PR166+
0.00
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Summary – Games [%]


Athlon 600
1 00.00
Pentium III 600EB
86.16
Pentium III 500
77.96
Celeron 533
68.55
Pentium II 450
66.84
K6-III+ 577
63.87
2 × Celeron 433
63.74
Celeron 433
59.66
K6-III 450
55.05
K6-III 450 (MVP3)
54.10
Celeron 333
48.84
K6-2 450
45.30
K6-2 450 (MVP3)
44.93
K6-2 450 (non-cacheable)
38.54
Pentium Pro 233 (1024k)
35.27
Pentium II 233
34.02
2 × Pentium Pro 233 (256k)
33.12
Celeron 300
32.40
Pentium 300 MMX
31.89
K6-2 300 (FSB 100)
31.56
Pentium Pro 200 (1024k)
29.96
2 × Pentium II 266 (EDO)
28.90
K6-2 300 (FSB 66)
26.01
2 × Pentium II 233 (SDR)
25.81
Pentium Pro 200 (256k)
25.65
MII @ 300 MHz (PR433)
24.11
K6-2 233
22.51
Pentium 233 MMX
20.89
K6 233
19.02
MII-333GP
19.01
Pentium 166 MMX
16.01
K6 166
13.69
MII-233GP
13.13
Pentium 166
12.36
WinChip C6 200
7.47
6x86L PR166+
2.68
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