differnce between thunderbird and duron?

[lepper boy]

What would the main difference be between two say, 700mhz chips... one thunderbird, the other duron. would you notice a diffence in speed or what?

 

[Losty]

on die cache for tbird is higher...much higher

 

[jinsonxu]

Overall, the TBird is about 5-10% faster than the Duron. It depends on what app you run though. For RC5, they're about the same.

 

[jinsonxu]

That's right, for teh price though, the Duron smokes!

 

[madalaskann]

the duron over clocks better and is cheaper

 

[Priit]

T-bird has 4 times more L2 cache and different core...

 

[Moonbender]

If you intent to run a 3D game at, say, 1024*768, then NO, you won't notice a difference.
At resolutions of 1024*768 and above the graphics card is the main component defining the speed. There's a hilarious benchmark at Tom's that shows that.

So if you're going to buy CPU for gaming, buy the cheaper Duron, and use the money you saved to get a better card. Or alternatively, buy a cheap Duron AND a cheap card and get a upgrade on both in half a year...