Pentium D vs Pentium 4

[gamar]

Hello all.

Can anyone tell me the differnce between a Pentium D 820 and a Pentium 4 (2.8G) 820?

I plan to use it at home for photo / video editing, watching DVD's, and musical instrument multi-track recording.

Thanks in advance,

ga

 

[BadBigBen]

NONE...

Intel renamed the P IV awhile back...

Ben

"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."

 

[cdogg]

The "D" indicates that it's a dual-core CPU.

I suggest you search the net or visit

http://www.tomshardware.com

for more info.

This recent thread might also shed some light:
thread602-1233939

~cdogg
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[kmcferrin]

All things being equal (clock speed, price, etc) then I would go with a Pentium D over a Pentium 4, even though the second core doesn't always provide a huge (or in many cases a noticeable) boost in performance. But the D does have more performance potential than an equivalently clocked Pentium 4. So again, all else being equal...

Now that I think about it, the first part of your post doesn't make a lot of sense. The Pentium D line of CPUs have the 800 and 900 model numbers, whereas the Pentium 4 line has 500 and 600 model numbers. So there wouldn't be a Pentium 4 820, just a Pentium D 820.

 

[BadBigBen]

@ Cdogg - you are correct, but his question was, what the DIFF was between the two he listed... which is NONE... since there is NO P IV with a designation of 820, this in effect is then a D processor...

PIV Designations are in the 600 range, the Pentium D (which is a PIV with Dual Core) are in the 800 range...

Source: Intel

http://www.intel.com/products/processor_number/index_sitelet_view2.htm

Ben

"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."