Synthetic Temperature Test Results: *Ranked according to 100W interface die test results.

(Socket 478 - Pentium 4) FrostyTech Synthetic Temperature Test Platform Results
Mfg.	Model	Ambient Temp.	27mm large copper block		27mm large copper block	Thermal pad	No. Fans	Fan Noise	Clip force
			50W		100W
Thermalright (high)	SLK-900U	20.0	31.6		40.5	none	1	very loud	easy
Cooljag (high)	CJC66IC-A	23.0	53.4		44.3	none	1	loud	easy
Zalman	CNPS7000A-Cu	21.4	33.8		46.3	none	1	low	easy
Thermal Integration	TI-RV104N	21.0	35.4		46.4	none	1	loud	easy
JMC	401100	19.5	35.1		47.4	grey	1	med	easy
Zalman	CNPS7000-Cu	21.0	35.1		48.7	none	1	low	easy
Gigabyte (high)	3DCooler-pro	22.6	38.2		49.2	none	1	very loud	easy
Taisol	CCP445172	20.2	37.7		50.9	none	1	med	easy
AVC	117140	22.6	37.8		50.4	none	1	med	med
Coolermaster	IHC-H71	23.0	37.0		51.1	none	1	loud	stiff
Thermal Integration	TI-RV108N	19.5	35.4		51.2	none	1	med	easy
Arkua	8568	22.4	37.8		51.7	none	1	med	med
Jetart	JAP416A	23.1	34.9		52.2	none	1	loud	easy
Zalman	CNPS7000A-Cu	25.9	39.2		52.5	none	1	low	easy
Thermal Integration	TI-A8736N	23.5	35.9		52.6	none	1	loud	easy
Thermal Integration (high)	TI-V7035TN	20.2	38.3		52.9	none	1	very loud	easy
Dynatron	DC1206BMY	19.5	38.1		53.1	none	1	med	easy
Dynatron	DC1207BMX	20.9	38.1		53.3	none	1	med	easy
Taisol	CEP447181	24.8	39.4		53.5	white	1	med	easy
Jetart	JAP407A	23.7	37.5		53.9	none	1	loud	easy
Alpha	PAL8942	27.9	42.6		54.0	none	1	med	med
Intel	Stock 3.06GHz	24.9	39.9		55.0	none	1	med	easy
Arkua	Q85X-7J	24.6	41.3		56.5	none	1	med	easy
CoolJag	JVC661A	23.2	40.5		56.7	none	1	med	easy
Spire	SP411C5	25.2	42.5		56.9	white	1	loud	easy
Zalman	CNPS6500-AlCu	23.1	40.3		57.4	none	1	low	easy
TS Heatronics (6" fan dist)	NCU-1000	23.9	39.5		57.5	none	0	N/A	med
Taisol	CEP426151A	24.3	43.7		59.7	none	1	med	easy
Intel	Socket 478	22.4	41.8		59.8	carbon	1	low	med
Arkua	838T-7G	23.3	42.0		60.0	none	1	med	easy
Titan	CW9TB/SC	22.5	41.4		60.8	none	1	loud	easy
Dynatron	DC1207BMW	23.2	42.7		61.1	none	1	med	easy
Arkua	8456X-8T	25.1	43.7		61.4	none	1	low	easy
Spire	SP420B8	25.3	42.7		61.5	none	1	low	easy
Dynatron	DC1206BM-S	22.4	43.2		62.0	none	1	med	med
AVC	117160	22.4	42.7		62.2	white pad	1	med	med
Evercool	NW9F715CA	23.8	42.9		62.3	none	1	med	easy
Aopen	ACP4LC	24.1	42.0		62.9	grey pad	1	med	easy
Scythe	Kamakaze	26.1	44.0		63.0	none	1	med	hard
Gigabyte (low)	3DCooler-pro	22.6	44.4		64.1	none	1	low	easy
Zalman	CNPS5700D-Cu	25.7	44.6		64.0	none	1	med	easy
Globalwin	VA476	28.7	49.5		68.0	grey	1	med	easy
Arctic Cooling	SuperSilent4 Pro	25.1	46.8		68.1	none	1	low	stiff
Dynatron	DC1206BMV	23.1	45.1		68.2	none	1	low	easy
Vantec	GSN-7015	22.4	47.5		69.0	none	1	loud	stiff
Verax	P16	21.8	49.2		75.8	none	1	none	med
Arkua	848X-6B	27.2	54.5		80.4	none	1	low	med
Dynatron	DC1U-B02	20.9	53.8		88.3	none	1	loud	stiff
			50W		100W

The initial temperature test results illustrate that the Gigabyte 3Dcooler excels on the socket 478 Pentium 4 platform. Before we get to the final rise above ambient test results for the Pentium 4 platform however, we're going to check out how the 3DCooler performed on the synthetic AthlonXP temperature test platform whose preliminary results are not shown above.

Because of the smaller die surface area in contact with the copper base of Gigabyte's heatsink for AMD K7 processors, the heatsink will have to work harder to perform as well as on the Intel Pentium 4 platform. Let's see the AthlonXP synthetic temperature test platform results first, then look at the rise above ambient results for the Intel tests after that!