Intel Pentium III-450 Benchmark
I tested the Pentium III-450 at rated speed
and at 580Mhz using the following equipment:
I used Quake 2, Unreal and 3D Mark 99 Max as
the benchmarks. All tests were run 3 times and the average score is shown. All
drivers were the latest ones from the manufacturers. The Voodoo 3 2000 was not
overclocked. Vsync was turned off. No tweaks or special cfg files were used. 3D
Mark 99 Max was ran at 800x600, 16 bit color, 16 bit Z-Buffer, Triple Frame
Buffer. Just for comparison, I also showed the results of my SL2YK PII-300 at
450Mhz and 527Mhz.
Pentium III 450 at 450Mhz
| Benchmark Type |
PIII-450 (SL3CC) |
PII-450 (SL2YK) |
| Quake 2 Demo1 800x600 |
105.3 |
95.3 |
| Quake 2 Demo1 1024x768 |
69.8 |
65.7 |
| Quake 2 Crusher 800x600 |
55.9 |
48.7 |
| Quake 2 Crusher 1024x768 |
40.4 |
40.9 |
| Unreal 800x600 |
57.2 |
N/A |
| Unreal 1024x768 |
46.1 |
N/A |
| 3D Mark 99 Max 800x600 |
4543 |
3872 |
| CPU Mark 99 Max 800x600 |
7039 |
4306 |
The PIII-450 is faster clock speed for clock speed than a
PII-450 (or in this case a PII-300 overclocked to 450Mhz). 3D Mark 99 Max is one
for the few applications that takes advantage of SSE, which explains the huge
gap between the 2 scores. As we move up to higher resolution the PII-450 can
match the PIII-450 in Quake 2. This has more to do with the Voodoo 3 card than
anything else. The card just can't keep up with the CPU at higher resolution. If
I was to use a Voodoo 3 3000 or a TNT2 Ultra, then you would see a more clear
advantage for the PIII-450.
PIII-450 at 580 Mhz
| Benchmark Type |
PIII-580 (SL3CC) |
PII-527 (SL2YK) |
| Quake 2 Demo1 800x600 |
107.6 |
98.7 |
| Quake 2 Demo1 1024x768 |
70.7 |
65.8 |
| Quake 2 Crusher 800x600 |
61.6 |
55.3 |
| Quake 2 Crusher 1024x768 |
43.7 |
42.4 |
| Unreal 800x600 |
67.0 |
N/A |
| Unreal 1024x768 |
47.8 |
N/A |
| 3D Mark 99 Max 800x600 |
5687 |
4520 |
| CPU Mark 99 Max 800x600 |
8968 |
5031 |
It's interesting to note that even when we overclock a
PII-300 all the way to 527Mhz, a Pentium III at 450Mhz is still faster! The 3D
Mark 99 score of 5687 is truly mind blowing (as is the 8968 CPU Mark score).
It completely kills what a Pentium II or Celeron can do and give us a sneak peak
at what games and applications that use SSE will be like. The scary thing is the
3Dmark score would go higher if I had use a Voodoo 3 3000!
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