Celeron D better than old Celeron

[roguerower]

I heard that the Celeron D in laptops are much better and much more powerful than the older celerons. True or false. Trying to save my mom some money on a budget laptop.

 

[imported_Kensai]

Neither. At higher speeds, the Prescott cores are faster, but anything with a 533FSB is fasther than their 400FSB counterparts.

 

[beverage]

also, the celeron D is mostly in desktops, with the celeron M appearing in current laptops

 

[Jassi]

Originally posted by: beverage
also, the celeron D is mostly in desktops, with the celeron M appearing in current laptops

no, there are lappies with the D models.

OP - I believe AT did a review of the new cellerons, might be worth a look there as well.

IMHO, Celeron M > Celeron D > Old Celerons

 

[Fenuxx]

Originally posted by: Jassi
IMHO, Celeron M > Celeron D > Old Celerons

Agreed. The Celeron M is based on the Pentium M core, while the Celeron D is a Prescott-based chip, and the old Celerons were either Northwood or Willamette-based.

Below is a breakdown of the chips:

--Celeron M--
Pentium M (Dothan) based core
400MHz FSB
512KB L2 Cache

--Celeron D--
Pentium 4 (Prescott) based core
533MHz FSB
256KB L2 Cache

--Celeron--
Pentium 4 (Northwood\Willamette) based core
400MHz FSB
128KB L2 Cache

 

[fbrdphreak]

Originally posted by: geforcetony

Originally posted by: Jassi
IMHO, Celeron M > Celeron D > Old Celerons

Agreed. The Celeron M is based on the Pentium M core, while the Celeron D is a Prescott-based chip, and the old Celerons were either Northwood or Willamette-based.

Below is a breakdown of the chips:

--Celeron M--
Pentium M (Dothan) based core
400MHz FSB
512KB L2 Cache

--Celeron D--
Pentium 4 (Prescott) based core
533MHz FSB
256KB L2 Cache

--Celeron--
Pentium 4 (Northwood\Willamette) based core
400MHz FSB
128KB L2 Cache

:thumbsup:

 

[imported_Kensai]

He's got it, but the Celeron D will be better for anything that's super intentive.

 

[nyarrgh]

yes.

Normally, Northwood based cores are better clock for clock than Prescotts, but the 256 MB cache of the D makes a HUGE difference when compared to the old celeron. The bus speed difference also help

 

[roguerower]

Thanks for the replies. My mom got a 1.3 Ghz Celeron M with 512mb ram so it should run pretty well. Thanks for the replies.

 

[Jassi]

Originally posted by: roguerower
Thanks for the replies. My mom got a 1.3 Ghz Celeron M with 512mb ram so it should run pretty well. Thanks for the replies.

Trust me, she will not notice much of a difference and it will be a lot cooler.

 

[IntelUser2000]

Prescott has lower performance compared to Northwood, but in Celerons case, with 533MHz FSB, and the low impact of L2 cache size on performance, Celeron D's are like 15-20% faster than Celerons.

 

[Fenuxx]

The problem with Celeron D's IMO, is that because the CPU's pipeline is so huge (31 stages) when compared to the original Celeron's (20 stages), it is downright pathetic at lower speeds (i.e. 2.4GHz). The Prescott core's design shows that it needs high clock speeds to keep the massive pipeline well fed. So, in this case, the "Old" Celeron or the Celeron M are the best chips. BTW, the Celeron M is based on the Pentium M (as I said above), which itself is essentially a steroiodal version of the P-III.

 

[IntelUser2000]

geforcetony, you are absolutely wrong. Look at this: http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2093

Celeron D is significantly faster than old Celeron, and anyone with a brain can see that.

2GHz Celeron D with 400MHz outperforms 2.6GHz Celeron.

 

[Fenuxx]

Originally posted by: IntelUser2000
geforcetony, you are absolutely wrong. Look at this: http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2093

Celeron D is significantly faster than old Celeron, and anyone with a brain can see that.

2GHz Celeron D with 400MHz outperforms 2.6GHz Celeron.

Well, mister "IntelUser". Maybe the "Presshot" Celerons perform a slight bit better than their Northwood counterparts, but "anyone with a brain", save good ol' Intel fanbois, would choose a Northwood over a Presshot anyday. They run cooler, BTW.