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I own a 2.66 ghz Intel Celeron (on signature as well), and am wondering what the speed would be when compared to a pentium 4 (ex. Intel Celeron 2.66ghz = P4 1.7ghz)? Help!
KingCody said:that's not an easy question to answer. there is much more to a CPUs performance than just it's clock speed. there is a big difference performance wise between a celleron and a pentium. and each CPU will perform different from system to system.
you really can't compare a celeron to a P4. as far as I know (I could be wrong ) celerons are basically pentiums that didn't make the cut. they all roll off the assembly line together, then each chip is tested to see its max performance at the default voltage. the good chips are labeled P4s and the speeds are locked at whatever they tested it's max stable speed at. the damaged/less than good chips are crippled and labeled cellerons. that's my theory anyways (I have no proof to back up what I just typed... hehe )
out of curiosity, why do you need to know?? the fact is that a celleron is made for basic computing (word processing, web browsing, basic programs, non-intense games), if you do anything more demanding with your system, then the P4 is the way to go if you want to stay Intel.
modern celeron cores are identical to the pentium cores of the same micron manufacturing process.an0nym0us said:there's more to the processors than just making the cut. celerons have a very small amount of L2 cache whereas P4's have up to 16 times the L2 cache that makes the processor faster.