Pentium4 2.53GHz compared to Celeron 2GHz?

[mooojojojo]

anyone know a site/article where I can see benchmarks with both of these CPUs compared?

also - are all P4 2.53GHz Northwoods with 512K cache? or perhaps there is some other version of the P4 at the same clock?

thanks!

 

[Shagga]

Originally posted by: mooojojojo
anyone know a site/article where I can see benchmarks with both of these CPUs compared?

also - are all P4 2.53GHz Northwoods with 512K cache? or perhaps there is some other version of the P4 at the same clock?

thanks!

Not particularly helpful comment but there is no comparison and I doubt you should consider the Celeron. I believe that they don't overclock like ye o'lde 300A . AFAIK all Northwoods have 512KB L2 cache.

 

[mooojojojo]

Originally posted by: Shagga

Originally posted by: mooojojojo
anyone know a site/article where I can see benchmarks with both of these CPUs compared?

also - are all P4 2.53GHz Northwoods with 512K cache? or perhaps there is some other version of the P4 at the same clock?

thanks!

Not particularly helpful comment but there is no comparison and I doubt you should consider the Celeron. I believe that they don't overclock like ye o'lde 300A . AFAIK all Northwoods have 512KB L2 cache.

thanks. actually I am using the celeron at the moment.
also.. you brought the point of overclocking. what would be the speed difference between the 2.53 P4 and the Celeron overclocked to 2.66?

 

[Xernex]

Here is a link to a mass CPU round up at Tom's hardware. Including both CPUs. And yes all 2.53's are Northwoods with 512k of cache. Really though the 2.53 is far better value, unless you have no intentions playing games, the 2.53 is a far better CPU. Even if your not playing games a 2.53 would be much quicker in desktop use than a 2GHZ Celeron. Thats why I have one

EDIT: My 2.53 gets to 2.8ghz on the stock Intel HSF before going to sh*t. But the newer C stepping version can get to 3.2ghz+ with air cooling quite easily apparently. By now most of the chips in retail would use the C stepping so if your concerned about getting a B stepping version like mine, dont be. Also a Celeron clocked to 2.66 would still be slower than a 2.53 Northwood, mainly due to the Celeron only having 128kb of cache.

 

[bgeh]

basically, a Celeron 2GHz overclocked to 2.66GHz will still get thrashed by the 2.53GHz because it has only a quarter of the P4's cache

 

[mooojojojo]

Originally posted by: bgeh
basically, a Celeron 2GHz overclocked to 2.66GHz will still get thrashed by the 2.53GHz because it has only a quarter of the P4's cache

duh, I understand that, but not everyone can shell the extra $100 to get the P4 I'm wondering whether there will be any really noticable difference - I'm using mainly PS6, FMX and watching movies.

 

[CraigRT]

I doubt you will really see that much difference... 2.0GHz is already fairly fast.

you will see a bit in PS6 likely, but not in watching movies or anything.

you should consider a 2.4B before you consider a 2.53... the price/performance is better.

 

[mooojojojo]

so the 2.53 is northwood with 512KB cache and 533MHz FSB. what is the 2.4B?

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: mooojojojo
so the 2.53 is northwood with 512KB cache and 533MHz FSB. what is the 2.4B?

The same... 533FSB 512K (IIRC)

just a few MHz slower.
I went with a 2.4B instead of a 2.53 because it was a fair bit cheaper at the time (like around $100 cheaper Canadian!!)