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Exclusive Pentium III Review
January 13, 1999   Kenn Hwang > [View My Other Articles]
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Business Benchmarks

Winbench 99
CPU speed CPUMark32 Business Diskmark99
Pentium III 620 1560 Crashed
Pentium III 560 1400 2840
Pentium III 500 1250 2820
Celeron 550A 1240 N/A
Pentium II 500 1180 2680
Pentium II 450 1120 2390
Pentium II 400 1000 2350
Celeron 333 832 N/A

The Pentium III overclocked is the fastest Intel processor we've ever tested, at 560Mhz and 620Mhz. At 620Mhz, it crashed consistently on the Business Diskmark test, but as you can see, the Pentium III does hold a clear advantage over the P2, almost as if that 64k L1 cache actually existed!

Intel claims that small architectural changes have been implemented in the P3, and from the looks of the CPUMark score, they've done a good job of it.


Real-World Business Benchmark
CPU speedWinstone99
Pentium 3 - 620 26.8
Pentium 3 - 560 25.2
Pentium 3 - 500 23.3
Celeron - 550A 22.7
Pentium 2 - 500 22.3
Pentium 2 - 450 21.9
Pentium 2 - 400 19.0
Celeron - 333 16.9

The Winstone results show the same thing. The base Pentium III 500 runs faster than both the overclocked Pentium II 500 and the Celeron 550. Overclocking the Pentium III yielded even higher results, as the increased bus speeds help shoot Winstone scores into the high 20s. This was the last test I conducted at 620Mhz, as Quake and 3DMark decided not to cooperate with our overclocking endeavors, but we'd love to hear if anyone finds a CPU that runs stable at this clock rate.

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When Pentium III jumps to a 133Mhz bus with Rambus RDRAM, and K7 hits the market with its 200Mhz EV6 bus, expect Winstone99 scores to jump into the 30s. Now that's progress!


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