AMD vs. Intel for speedy compilation

Adrohak · n00b Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 17 Location: Florida

I'm going to build a new rig in the next month or so, and I had my mind set on getting an nForce4 board and sticking the AMD FX-57 (when it comes out) in there, but now I'm wondering: would I be better off build an Intel box? I play games occasionally, but I compile/emerge programs a lot more often. Would there be a significant difference in the compilation speed of programs between a Pentium 4 660 and a new AMD chip, or do AMD and Intel CPUs perform about the same in that field?

Thanks in advance for any input.

(I was unsure of where to post this; if this is the wrong place, please move it.)

inode77 · Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 4:34 pm Post subject:

If you have the money for a

Master Shake · Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 6:10 pm Post subject:

Because of its larger cashe size the Intel has always out performed the AMD processors in encoding and decoding of movies and mp3s. I think AMD has intel in everything else though. I think compilation goes along with encoding and decoding so I think if your main concern is that, go with the Intel. But also be prepaired to pay alot more for an intel than an AMD. As for dual core, I haven't seen any stats online that show that they are significantly faster than a single core. I'm sure though if you compiled everything for dual core though, you'd see somewhat of a performance gain, but I don't know how much.

chunderbunny · Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 8:34 pm Post subject:

It's been my experience that AMD64 processors are excellent at compiling (better than an equivalent intel processor anyway.) I always put this down to the onboard memory controller, this seems to speed up many things.

Jake · Veteran Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 1132