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Which is the better processor?

  • 29-06-2010 10:21pm
    #1
    colly10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,017 ✭✭✭


    Looking to buy a laptop soon enough and trying to get an idea of what a decent processor is considered to be these days. I'm just looking at 2

    Pentium Dual-Core T4400 @ 2.20GHz
    Intel Core2 Duo T7500 @ 2.20GHz

    I've been told that Core2 Duo is a better processor than the dual-core processors which is fair enough. I was told that the main reason that the core2 due was faster is that it has 4 times the cache.

    I then checked here -
    http://www.cpubenchmark.net/mid_range_cpus.html

    The Dual-Core is significantly better, can anyone explain why or are the results rubbish, it kind of throws the "core2 duo are better" out the window


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  • #2
    duffman85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 339 ✭✭duffman85


    Intel Processor Finder - Comparison of 3 processors

    That T7500 is almost 4 years old. The pentium T4400 was only released at the end of last year. They seem to be exactly the same bar the amount of L2 cache and the newer processor uses the more efficient 45nm manufacturing process. Maybe this has something to do with it? I don't really know enough about this.
    Also the CPU mark test for the T7500 was probably done in 2006/7 and the software could have changed in the meantime, which could affect the test results.

    It's hard to compare the 2 but if it was me I would be buying the laptop with the newer processor.


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