Poll: which is a faster procosser at stock speeds

[Xionide]

So which is it? My friend seems to think that I downgraded by replacing my XP2500 barton with an XP2700 Thoroughbred. I think its a definate upgrade. Make your decision in the poll. Also please post sites that compare the two in tests to prove your point.

 

[Sylvanas]

barton= 512k L2 cache, thoroughbred= 256k L2 cache.

 

[usernamemax20charact]

I'd say they're both pretty close, but the 2700+ has a slight advantage even with half the L2 cache of the barton. Remember, the 2700+ is clocked at 2.17GHz, while the 2500+ barton is clocked at 1.83GHz. But the 2500+ Barton probably OC's better than the 2700+

 

[boyRacer]

I had a TB 2700 and went with a Barton 2500... the 2700 just wouldn't overclock that well without having to jack up the voltage. I could overclock the 2500 with a lower default voltage than the 2700 so i'm happy. 🙂

there were test on those two and results were give or take between applications.

 

[Xionide]

Originally posted by: usernamemax20charact
I'd say they're both pretty close, but the 2700+ has a slight advantage even with half the L2 cache of the barton. Remember, the 2700+ is clocked at 2.17GHz, while the 2500+ barton is clocked at 1.83GHz. But the 2500+ Barton probably OC's better than the 2700+

Like I said, Im comparing stock vs stock. Overclocking isnt an issue.

 

[Blain]

A 2600+ (T-bred) beat out a 2500+ (Barton) Here.
At "stock" speeds, I don't see how people can defend a 2500+ Barton against a 2700+ T-bred.
It baffles me because the CPU manufacturer rated BOTH processors. 😛

 

[gwag]

@ stock the 2700 is faster

 

[StrangerGuy]

XP2700+. ~300MHz difference. Enough said.

 

[PliotronX]

Five out of eleven people are wrong 😀

 

[sandorski]

Thoroughbreds have always performed slightly better than Bartons of the same Model.