Intel's Pentium 4 2.80GHz - Moving to the Head of the Class

Gaming Performance (continued)

Jedi Knight 2 is another great gaming benchmark for CPUs as it is based on the popular Quake III engine but is demanding enough that it doesn't break the 300fps barrier at every chance it gets.

We used the 1.03 patch which still retained the game's built in demo (JK2FFA) and ran the test at high detail settings with anisotropic filtering disabled.

Gaming Performance - Jedi Knight 2 1.03 JK2FFA - Frames per Second (higher is better)

Intel Pentium 4 2.80GHz Intel Pentium 4 2.66GHz Intel Pentium 4 2.53GHz Intel Pentium 4 2.60GHz (400MHz) Intel Pentium 4 2.4BGHz AMD Athlon XP 2600+ (2.13GHz) Intel Pentium 4 2.50GHz (400MHz) AMD Athlon XP 2400+ (2.00GHz) Intel Pentium 4 2.26GHz Intel Pentium 4 2.40GHz (400MHz) AMD Athlon XP 2200+ (1.80GHz) AMD Athlon XP 2100+ (1.73GHz) Intel Pentium 4 2.20GHz (400MHz) AMD Athlon XP 2000+ (1.67GHz) AMD Athlon XP 1900+ (1.60GHz) AMD Athlon XP 1800+ (1.53GHz) AMD Athlon XP 1700+ (1.47GHz) Intel Pentium 4 2.0AGHz (400MHz) 158.8 155.1 149.4 145.9 144.9 144.6 141.9 140.6 140.4 135.5 131.9 131.8 129.0 129.0 127.6 124.4 121.3 121.3 | 0 | 32 | 64 | 95 | 127 | 159 | 19

The trend continues under Jedi Knight 2 with the Pentium 4 line taking the top performing positions.

Gaming Performance - Serious Sam 2 Little Trouble - Frames per Second (higher is better)

Intel Pentium 4 2.80GHz AMD Athlon XP 2600+ (2.13GHz) AMD Athlon XP 2400+ (2.00GHz) Intel Pentium 4 2.66GHz AMD Athlon XP 2200+ (1.80GHz) AMD Athlon XP 2100+ (1.73GHz) Intel Pentium 4 2.53GHz AMD Athlon XP 2000+ (1.67GHz) Intel Pentium 4 2.4BGHz Intel Pentium 4 2.60GHz (400MHz) AMD Athlon XP 1900+ (1.60GHz) Intel Pentium 4 2.26GHz Intel Pentium 4 2.50GHz (400MHz) AMD Athlon XP 1800+ (1.53GHz) AMD Athlon XP 1700+ (1.47GHz) Intel Pentium 4 2.40GHz (400MHz) Intel Pentium 4 2.20GHz (400MHz) Intel Pentium 4 2.0AGHz (400MHz) 113.9 113.9 113.8 113.5 112.3 112.1 111.9 111.7 111.3 110.8 110.7 110.3 110.2 109.4 108.8 108.7 106.7 103.4 | 0 | 23 | 46 | 68 | 91 | 114 | 137

In situations where the burden isn't on the CPU's shoulders, you won't see any performance difference between these contenders.