AMD64 - Clawhammer vs. Drillhammer core

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VERiON
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AMD64 - Clawhammer vs. Drillhammer core

Post by VERiON » Fri Aug 13, 2004 12:28 am

Can someone tell me what is the difference between this 2 processors with different cores.

Do both of these have the Quiet n' Cool feature?
Does the Clawhammer or Drillhammer run cooler?
Which one to buy?

1. Clawhammer
AMD 35W Mobile Athlon 64 2700+, 512KB L2 Cache, 64-bit Processor

Specification
Model: AMD Mobile Athlon 64
Core: Clawhammer
Operating Frequency: 1.6GHz
FSB: Integrated into Chip
Cache: L1/64K+64K; L2/512KB
Voltage: 1.20V
Process: 0.13Micron
Socket: Socket 754
Multimedia Instruction: MMX, SSE, SSE2, 3DNOW!, 3DNOW!+



2. Drillhammer

AMD 35W Mobile Athlon 64 2700+, 512KB L2 Cache, 64-bit Processor

Specification
Model: AMD Mobile Athlon 64
Core: Drillhammer
Operating Frequency: 1.6GHz
FSB: Integrated into Chip
Cache: L1/64K+64K; L2/512KB
Voltage: 1.20V
Process: 0.13Micron
Socket: Socket 754
Multimedia Instruction: MMX, SSE, SSE2, 3DNOW!, 3DNOW!+

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Post by sthayashi » Fri Aug 13, 2004 6:46 am

There's gotta be a typo somewhere. If I were you, I'd get the one that says Drillhammer, even though that's not an official core name (it's a Newcastle-core).

But THAT's the one that runs at 1.2v, whereas normal 'mobile 64s' run at 1.4v.

VERiON
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Post by VERiON » Fri Aug 13, 2004 2:50 pm

maybe it is a typo - taken from newegg.com (search for "Mobile Athlon 64 2700+")

anyway, i"ll rather go for barton 2500+ mobile - more bang for bucks :)

but thanks for info

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