what computer processor is better a pentium 4 2.4ghz or a centrino 1.73ghz?
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centrino mobile processors have a 2mb L2 cache\n\npentium processors have 512kb - 1mb L2 cache\n\nthe centrino is faster and uses less power to do the same work. the caveat, centrinos do not pair with decent graphic cards -they generally use integrated/shared graphics
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Basically, the difference is price, speed, and quality. Intel Celeron processors are cheaper that Intel Pentium 4s, but they are generally slower and will slow down further after a few years (if they last that long before breaking) due to poor construction. The difference between the Celeron D and the Celeron M is minimal, if not non-existent. A Celeron M is designed to be used for laptops (M stands for mobile), so it may take a little less power and run a little cooler (in exchange for a little less speed) than the Celeron Ds--which are designed for desktops where power consumption and heat isn't as big of an issue. In my opinion, Celerons (of any type) are the worst processor you can buy.\n\nHowever, AMD makes faster, more reliable, less expensive processors. The AMD Sempron competes with the Celeron, the AMD Turion competes with the Centrino (or Pentium M), the AMD Athlon competes with the Pentium 4, and the AMD Athlon X2 competes with Intel’s new dual-core processors. In all categories the AMD processors are superior in all aspects; especially the Sempron. Although the Sempron competes with the Celeron and is considerable less expensive, the Sempron is not poorly constructed so it does not have any reliability issues; not to mention that, in some cases, it has the speed to outperform Pentium 4s.
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Speaking from architectural point of view Pentium III and Pentium 4 are entirely different creatures.  Pentium III core is based on the Pentium Pro core that was introduced many years ago.  Pentium III is the evolution of that core with added features like SSE and etc.\n\nPentium 4 however was a completely different core based on the NetBurst architecture.  The architecture was designed to assist higher clock speed through its longer stages of execution.  It's perfect for multimedia applications that are repetitive and require a lot of data to be pushed out in a repetitive manner.  The downside to this is that, it is less efficient than Pentium III processors because of the length of the stages Pentium 4 does less work per clock than Pentium III.  So a Pentium 4 at 2.8 Ghz may only be able to perform at the level of a Pentium III at 2.0 Ghz.\n\nIn an interesting move by Intel, the latest cores, Core2 based, are a return to the Pentium III philosophy of doing more per clock and complete abandonment of Pentium 4 core.  Core Duo and the Core Technology based on the Pentium M core developed by Intel's Israel Research center brought the focus back to efficiency in thermal heat and also instruction per clock back into vogue.\n\nPentium 4 is on its way out.  Now the chic thing to do is package multiple processor cores in 1 die and have multicore processors.  (It offers absolutely no performance advantage if the software is not able to use the additional cores.)\n\nFor multimedia, Pentium 4 is an impressive platform.  For general usage, Pentium III provides a better balance of performance.  In either case, they are both on their way out.
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It depends on which processor and what you mean by ‘better’. There are many aspects that can contribute to a processor’s superiority, such as performance (which is what you are probably referring to), reliability, power consumption, and heat. If by ‘better’ you mean a combination of all aspects, it is impossible to say; different people value different aspects more than others. \n\nThe AMD Sempron competes with the Intel Celeron, but the Celeron is so poorly constructed that it offers little to no competition. The AMD Turion competes with the Intel Centrino (or Pentium M). The AMD Athlon competes with the Intel P4. The AMD Athlon X2 competes with Intel’s dual core processors. In all categories, the AMD processor is generally better in every aspect than the Intel processor it competes with. Once you start comparing processors of different categories however, it starts to get interesting.\n\nThe Sempron is generally better than the P4 in the aspects of reliability, power consumption, and heat (not to mention that they are MUCH less expensive). As for performance, the P4 has the edge... usually. There are many different Semprons and many different P4s; a P4 will usually be faster than a Sempron, but some Semprons can outperform some P4s. What’s more, performance itself has many aspects. AMD is generally better at gaming and all-around performance. Intel’s Pentium processors are generally better with multimedia and down-right number crunching. \n\nI hope this clears things up.
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1.6 ghz AMD turion 64 X2 has two 1.6 processors inside. Dual core processors handle multi-tasking better if you're running mulitiple programs on a Pentium 4 it's going to slow down. If you run it on the dual core processor it will run smoothly. \n\nRunning one program at time 2.4 P4 processor would beat 1.6 dual core. 1.6 is kinda slow I have 1.83 core duo processor. I paid $1200 for my 15.4" labtop. Now there are core 2 duos which are faster than the core duo so I recommend getting a labtop with a core 2 duo or at least what I have because it's pretty quick.
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Pentium 4 is a single core processor that Intel is in the process of phasing out of its product line.  Pentium D is a dual core processor based largely on the Pentium 4, but with somewhat better performance per watt, that will be used in desktops and servers until more powerful chips based on the Core Duo architecture fill out Intel's entire product line.
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Well, I advice HP. And also the following;\nIntel Centrino >= 1.7GHz\n>= 512MB RAM (1GB Recomm)\nWin XP Pro\n15.4 WXGA
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CPU Requirements\n\nMinimum: Pentium-class — Fedora Core 4 the latest version of Linux  is optimized for Pentium 4 CPUs, but also supports earlier CPUs (such as Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III, and including AMD and VIA variants). This approach has been taken because Pentium-class optimizations actually result in reduced performance for non-Pentium-class processors, and Pentium 4 scheduling is sufficiently different (while making up the bulk of today's processors) to warrant this change. \n\nAMD64 processors (both Athlon64 and Opteron)\n\nIntel processors with Intel® Extended Memory 64 Technology (Intel® EM64T)\n\nHard Disk Space Requirements\n\nfor 32-bit x86 systems: \nCustom Installation (Minimal): 620MB\nServer: 1.1GB\nPersonal Desktop: 2.3GB\nWorkstation: 3.0GB\nCustom Installation (Everything): 6.9GB\n\nfor 64-bit x86_64 systems: \nCustom Installation (Minimal): 900MB\nServer: 1.5GB\nPersonal Desktop: 2.7GB\nWorkstation: 3.4GB\nCustom Installation: (Everything) 7.5GB\n\nMemory Requirements\n\nfor 32-bit x86 systems: \nMinimum for text-mode: 64MB\nMinimum for graphical: 192MB\nRecommended for graphical: 256MB\n\nfor 64-bit x86_64 systems: \nMinimum for text-mode: 128MB\nMinimum for graphical: 256MB\nRecommended for graphical: 512MB\n\n\nHowever the best configuration would be \nMotherboard: P4 - Intel chipset (version: whatever available latest). Always go for an Intel Orignal Chipset to get the maximum performance. WITH TWO IDE and possibly 4 SATA ports.\n\nCPU: 3ghz or more.\n\nRAM: Atleast 1GB. If possible get 2 strips of 512MB each (Again to improve performance on P4 M-Boards)\n\nHarddisk: Atleast 120 GB or more (SATA for faster access)\n\nMonitor: Atleast 17" Samsung recommended\n\nRest all is fancy and depends on your choice. Such as Keyboard, Mouse (Optical Recommended), Cabinet (Black with atleast 2 fans)
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If it's a single thread program, the pentium 3.0 ghz\nIf it's a multi thread program, the dual core.
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There's no such thing as a Pentium 4 M! There's a Pentium 4 and there are Pentium M and Celeron M Processors. There is also a Pentium D and celeron D. If you want to know more about Intel processors go to the link below.\n\nEach chip has been designed to capture different parts of the market. The Pentium M is for laptops and primarily is designed to run a lot cooler because of confined spaces and to extend the life of the battery. This is the better CPU for a laptop. You can get the P4 in laptops but they weigh more and the battery rarely lasts more than an hour before you need to charge it up again.\n\nCeleron chips are cheaper but there's a reason for that :-)
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Assuming you could find a P4 running at that speed (the fastest P4 Intel released was 3.8 Ghz based on a Prescott core, with the next fastest being a 3.73 Ghz P4 Extreme Edition), the processor would be, in absolute terms, faster than that Pentium M, but it would be consuming radically more power to provide that computing capability.   Pentium M is much more power efficient than Pentium 4, as measured on a "performance per watt" basis, the new standard Intel is using for designing microprocessors.  Because of this new focus on performance based on power consumption, Intel is dropping the Pentium 4 core from future processor development, and all new Intel CPUs will be based on Pentium M technology.
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a lot of crappy answers.\nno, you can't replace a Centrino (aka. Pentium M) processor with a Core Duo, because they have different sockets.\nthe Pentium M Centrino has a socket 478, while the Core Duo needs a socket M.
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Pentium D is a Pentium 4 with two processor cores (instead of one) in a single CPU (chip).  If you run applications that take advantage of multiple processors, like high-end photo editing, video editing, and 3D rendering applications (like Maya and 3D Studio, not games), then the Pentium D will outperform the P4 as these applications will take advantage of the extra processor.\n\nHowever, for basic home and office applications or games, the D doesn't buy you much.  The only exception is if you run multiple applications at once with each one running demanding active tasks (like running a huge spreadsheet calculation while searching a massive database and running a web spider to automatically hunt and categorize web pages).
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Pentium 4 is a much more sophisticated and modern system than a Celeron and according to your specs, which seem wrong, I would hazard a guess of 1.8Ghz though that could be because it is being overclocked from 1.5Ghz
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Given that the prices are the same,there are two other really important issues that you need to look at-performance and battery life.If you need higher performance,mobility,graphics,games and aren't away from a poer source for a long time,I would suggest that you go with the AMD Turion64 X2.My dad's is an Acer Aspire with AMD Turion64.Its not dual core,but I've really felt the upbeat in performance when compared to the Intel centrino series.But the problem persists in the battery life.The standard 6-cell Li-Ion Acer battery gives about 4-4.5 hrs in standard conditions when used with Centrino.The same battery is found to last only about 3.5hrs when used with AMD Turion64 processor.But since I wanted performance at any cost,I opted for this 64-bit beauty.\nIf its battery life that you need,I suggest that you go with the Centrino Duo series.This processor gives you a good battery life.\nThe difference between a 64-bit processor and a 32-bit one is that 64 chunks of data can be processed by a 64-bit processor in one go,and the other can only handle 32 chunks of data at a time.The AMD Turion64 X2 is a 64-bit processor.But the Intel Centrino Duo isn't.If you are indeed waiting for a 64-bit Dual Core solution from Intel,I suggest that you wait for about 2 months or so.Intel's Centrino Duo 2 is a dual core 64-bit processor with the second core about 30% faster.But since the performance characteristics of this isn't known,there's little that I can comment on.\nI hope that answers your question.
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It also depends on what you want to do with the laptop.\n\nIntel provides the Pentium M and the Centrino.  AMD offers the Sempron and the Turion.\n\nBetween the 2, Intel leads the pack when it comes to battery life.  However, the Sempron and Pentium M/Centrino run pretty much neck-to-neck in that area.\n\nThe Turion offers the only 64 bit processor in a laptop, but it gives up battery life in order to do this.  In fact, many reviews of the newest generation of processors place Intel barely above AMD, mostly because of battery.  They also wonder why Intel is so slow to offer 64 bit processors.
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This is a bit hard to compare because the two are quite similiar, and you'll get more variety depending on the notebook manufacturer. Ghz for ghz, they're about the same speed because of the similiar length of their pipelines.\n\nThe Centrino Duo is dual core, so it will perform better in multitasking situations. In single threaded situations, the Centrino duo core will only perform marginally better across the platform. The Turion64 surprisingly, is a bit more power efficient.\n\nI suggest going for the Centrino duo core because it has better multitasking abilities, which will reduce the possibility of a CPU hang-up if a program starts eating away at 100% of the CPU load. Second, because it's newer technology. Once Intel and Microsoft fix that USB bug that's wasting power in Centrino laptops, the Centrino will definitely become more power efficient (anywhere from 5-30%). Third, no matter how much I hate Dell for being a pain in the ***, I gotta admit that dell has some ridiculously good deals on Intel processors. They're selling $700 laptops that Sony is selling for $1400. Their Core Duo Laptops start at $600 while HP/Compaq is starting at $900. It's a cut-throat partnership dell and intel have, and you should take advantage of it.\n\nDealnews.com lists all sorts of electronic deals (including dell coupons), so go take a look if you're going to buy a laptop. I hope this helps.