Speed? confused!

[The Dentist]

Ok heres my PC specs:
Asus A8v-MX
AMD 3200+ 64 Bit running at stock 2.0ghz
1.5gb ddr400 ram running at stock too
Asus N6200 Graphics card 128MB
300GB IDE HDD

Laptop specs
Pentium M 1.7Ghz
1GB DDR400 ram
Shared 128 MB Graphics

Now the problem is, no matter what benchmark i run, the laptop seems to always perform better. i mean, superpi 1M on the laptop was 48 seconds whereas superpi 1M on the desktop was 50second!!

both the pc and laptop are newly formatted so no extra overclocks or anything. why would a p4m perform better than a 3200+ 64bit? this is puzzling me, is this just a pentium amd thing or would i need to upgrade my fans on the desktop or bios settings to make it faster?

 

[Trancemaster]

How many sticks of RAM make up the 1.5Gb in your desktop?

 

[davidh]

plus what os r u using?


the pc is dual but running 32bit is only using 1 side if u know what i mean

 

[Spectre]

Maybe the benchmark code was single-core optimised.

 

[The Dentist]

2 sticks of ram. but superpi only calculates the capacity of the processor. i cant believe how a p4 m has outdone an amd 3200+. its rediculous. the clock speed is faster on the amd too.

 

[MH]

It will be as Spectre says, the code is optimised for 32bit Processors and not 64bit.

 

[The Dentist]

even if it runs at 32 bit, the laptop is running at 32 bit as well, shouldnt a clock speed of 1.7 at fsb 400 run slower than 2.0ghz running at 800mhz?

also a side issue, how would i get it to run at 64bit? (stupid question probably lol)

 

[MH]

you cant get software to run in 64bit if it was written in 32 bit

 

[jasperconran]

even if it runs at 32 bit, the laptop is running at 32 bit as well, shouldnt a clock speed of 1.7 at fsb 400 run slower than 2.0ghz running at 800mhz?

also a side issue, how would i get it to run at 64bit? (stupid question probably lol)

Is it not the intels X9 core speed =Fsb and On the amd X5 And the reason the speed may dif.