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AMD thunderbird 1ghz vs. AMD athlon 1ghz processors?

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edm

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Whats the diffrence between AMD thunderbird 1ghz and AMD athlon 1ghz processors ?

which one would be better for games ?

thanks
 
The difference between a Tbird and the old slot athlons is where the L2 cache is and how much cache there is. A Tbird has 256K of L2 Cache on the same dye as the cpu circuitry, the old athlon has 512K cache on seperate chips. This allows the L2 cache on a Tbird to run at the same speed as the CPU, where on an old Athlon it runs at 1/3 the speed of the CPU. The Tbird would be the better choice.
 
T-Bird has half the L2-cache (256 KB) of the Classic Athlon (512 KB) but it runs at full core speed (opposed to 2/5 or so for the Classic Athlon).
The T-Bird is faster in almost every application.
 
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