Software Development

Visual C++ is yet another application where AMD’s processors can show their strengths. The high frequency of the new Pentium 4 doesn’t help here at all.

3D Rendering

With the release of the Pentium 4 570J, the speed of the Pentium family has grown proportional to the frequency in 3D rendering tasks. For example, the top-end Pentium 4 is now faster than the top-end Athlon 64 when rendering video clips in 3ds max. Overall, Intel’s processors seem to have an advantage in tasks of that sort today.