Celeron D Vs Athlon XP

[ceh4702]

Here is a benchmark test comparing the new celeron D CPU's and the the Athlon XP/Duron CPU's. The Celeron D Processors did about as good as a Athlon XP2500 on the acutal Game Benchmarks.

The Newer Celeron D has 16k L1 Cache and 256k L2 Cache which is twice as much compared to the last Celeron version. They also are built on the 90nm process and the their version of the Prescott Core.

These new stats help to make them more recommendable than the last batch of weak underpowered Celerons.

http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=2093&p=8

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[stallard]

It will be interesting to see what price point they are introduced at, if the Celeron comes in at < $80 it might be worth a look, although I would also want to see how it O/C's before suggesting it.

 

[ceh4702]

Intel Celeron Processors
CPU Name Clock Speed L1 Cache Size L2 Cache Size FSB Speed Fab Process Est. Price
CLOCK
CPU Name SPEED L1 L2 FSB Process Price
Celeron D 335 2.8GHz 16KB 256KB 533MHz 90nm $117
Celeron D 330 2.66GHz 16KB 256KB 533MHz 90nm $89
Celeron D 325 2.53GHz 16KB 256KB 533MHz 90nm $79
Celeron 2.6GHz 2.6GHz 8KB 128KB 400MHz 130nm $91
Celeron 2.0GHz 2.0GHz 8KB 128KB 400MHz 130nm $65

This is probably the Intel Price per 1,000 part Lot.

Actually it still seems that the Athlon XP is a better Price. The article didnt say if this was Retail or not.

I went to

http://www.newegg.com

and priced this processor at $119.00

Intel Pentium 4/ 2.26 GHz 533MHz FSB, 512K Cache - Retail
(limit 10 per customer)

I priced this processor at $166.00

Intel Pentium 4/ 2.8 A GHz 533MHz FSB, 1MB L2 Cache - Retail
(limit 10 per customer)
I think this is actually a Prescott core 478 socket 90nm with 1MB L2 Cache. I dont understand why it says it is a 2.8A and not 2.8E? I guess the E is 800Mhz. You have to really look at these things when you buy them to know what core you are getting and what the core process is i.e. 130nm vs 90 nm.

This processor is only $49.00 more expensive than the Celeron of the same speed. Leads me to wonder how they compare in performance.

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[stallard]

Not really cost effective, you can pick up an Athlon 2500+ for around $65 Retail, and with the P4 only $49 unless Intel are shooting themselves in the foot the P4 is going to have a pretty reasonable performance margin. Alternatively Intel may be getting ready to reposition the lower end P4's, maybe a chance to pick up a bargain, all good for the poor consumer....

 

[paparazi]

ceh4702
That'll be an obvious response from Intel, not suprising really when you think AMD's Duron 1400 was soundly out performing the old Celeron 2400! kinda needed a bit of a boost don't you think.
Still a XP at the same price is considerably faster! shame
Martin

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