Well, let’s find out what the things look like for Athlon 64 in games.

In 3DMark03 Athlon 64 2800+ is finally ahead of Athlon XP 2800+. However, Intel Pentium 4 2.8C is still the definite leader.

CPU Score is a parameter obtained during the vertex shaders emulation by the system CPU. That is why fast ALU and high memory subsystem bandwidth matter a lot in this test. As a result, Athlon 64 2800+ is again not only behind Pentium 4 2.8C, but also behind Athlon XP 2800+.

In 3DMark2001 SE Athlon 64 2800+ managed to almost catch up with Pentium 4 2.8C and to outperform Athlon XP 2800+ quite significantly.

The similar picture can be seen in Return to Castle Wolfenstein game built on Quake3 gaming engine.

Unreal Tournament 2003 has always run fast with Athlon XP processors. However with Athlon 64, this game is even faster. Athlon 64 2800+ is the indisputable leader here.