Intel Pentium dual-core processor vs dual core (1)series

[the master 123]

I have a intel dual core t2400 processor. I start to see Intel Pentium dual-core processor start to show up. What is the difference. I hear that the series of processor in question was a reduce version to make it cheaper for low cost computer to have dual core processor and if so what is the performance in comparison to a comparably clocked intel dual core processor.

[miner]

They are basically the same except the Pentium dual cores has only 1MB L2 cache and runs at 1.6GHz/533MHz FSB. Pretty much similar to a Core Duo T2050 except the cache is cut in half.

Performance for what the Pentium dual core is intended for(general everyday use) will be pretty decent.

[the master 123]

Any benchmark or anything. How well it would work in vista. I using a t2400 @ 1.83ghz and how would that compare.

[Zero]

If you did run Windows Vista with both processor, you probably wouldn't notice much of a difference. Only in some tasks, such as encoding and video editing, would any difference be noticible, where the T2400 would perform faster.

[Iceman0124]

Are you talking about Pentium D's (P-4 Arch.) in notebooks?

[Taevis]

The Pentium Dual Core processors are, as miner said, simply Core Duos with the L2 cache cut in half. They really are Core Duos, as per the number designation, T2060, and codename, Yonah. I've read up a bit about them, and there seems to be a general consensus that Intel slipped them quietly to notebook manufacturers in order to facilitate cheap dual core notebooks. Mine runs Vista perfectly well with 1.5GB RAM. Some processes dealing with large calculations may be slower - I think SuperPi is one of them, since my T2060 takes 1m 58s to calculate 2M digits. At any rate, the only other difference between the T2060 and the T2050 is that the T2060 ships with a sticker saying "Pentium Dual-Core inside" as opposed to the regular sticker. Stickers ftw!

[the master 123]

what about T2300 and that the 2 processor in encoding, compression, video editing would there be any will differnece. would the lower bus and cacha make much of a difference. How will would this run home premium has my sister is planning on getting it.
intel pentium dual-core
1gb of ram
intel gma 950

I try to tell her that she better off with an ati radeon express 200m but she persistent. My has a faster processor and a nvidia geforce 7400 so I should only at most need a ram upgrade to 1 to 2gb to run vista smoothly(with aero on).

[shrike]

The the only difference is perhaps in SuperPi benchmark. As mentioned above 1:58 for T2060 (Pentium Duo) vs 1:29 T2050 (Duo Core). Most likely not much of a real difference for every day tasks.

[the master 123]

I do more compression than she does and she probably do decent amount of video editing because of her dvd burning.

[Zero]

what about T2300 and that the 2 processor in encoding, compression, video editing would there be any will differnece. would the lower bus and cacha make much of a difference. How will would this run home premium has my sister is planning on getting it.
intel pentium dual-core
1gb of ram
intel gma 950

I try to tell her that she better off with an ati radeon express 200m but she persistent. My has a faster processor and a nvidia geforce 7400 so I should only at most need a ram upgrade to 1 to 2gb to run vista smoothly(with aero on).

In tasks such as video editing, the T2300 will perform faster mainly because of the faster bus speed and slightly higher clockspeed, than the T2060. Cache will help a little, but both processor have alot of it already, so it would largely depend on application.

if you upgrade to 2 GB, then Windows Vista should run better. Its won't be massively fast, but it should make Windows that little bit more snappy and easier to work with.