AMD Turion™ 64 vs Intel® Core™ Duo?

Question

Which of the processor is the best if I compare these 2?
I know it's unfair but the price for this 2 products' notebooks are quite similar. I plan to buy a notebook but don't know what to choose.
Turionx2 just come out to the market. But I still can't see any notebooks using this processor.

Answer 1

Advantages of AMD
1. AMD has the best gaming processors these daysas they have a larger cache
2. Dual cores (in the X2's and even numbered FX's) talk directly to each other
3. New Athlon chips have a dedicated memory bus, which means that they communicate with the computer's RAM on one line and the rest of the computer on another, rather than having all communication jammed into a single bus.
4. Athlon has adopted Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP) which is a processor-level virus blocker. Intel has plans to use this in the future, but Athlon has it now.
5. Dual core seems to make all the difference .. AMD is leading the pack right now. And, they are cheaper
6.AMD chips use less energy and are cheaper to equilivant Intel chips.



Disadvantages of AMD
1.if you choose AMD you are limited to DDR memory an Intel processor you can use the faster DDR2 memory
2.AMD uses crystal® technology which i love it!! but if you give it hard work for long time the crystals start to burn and you will burn your CPU!!!
3.AMD is less stable

Advantages of Intel
1. People prefer Intel because they are familiar with it and so they have brand loyalty,
2. in an Intel processor you can use the faster DDR2 memory
3. INTEL® uses cabon™ technology which is not bad but if you work on TOO fast and HEAVY proccesing the carbon starts to warm and reduces the CPU REAL time
4. AMD can give you better gaming performance, but since the graphics card is more inportant nowadays, I would go with Intel. Their chips offer better stability.
5.Intel is much more suitable for office applications.

Disadvantages of Intel
1. Latest Intel models are really getting crushed by AMD for gaming
2.on the dual core, the data has to leave the processor to go to the other core.

Answer 2

The AMD vs Intel war has been going on since the days of the 80286s. I've yet to find a case whereby the AMD did not outlast and outperform its Intel counterpart. But that isn't an 'etched in stone' statement. Read on to see what I mean.

Intel architecture is usually geared towards the business market. Hence, the internal routines for raw mathematical computations are usually streamlined, sacrificing other abilities (graphics, for example) for more calculating punch.

AMD architecture is usually geared towards the casual users (mainly gamers). Hence, the internal routines for graphics and sound processing are more streamlined; though not so the extent that Intel's math functions are, so the lessening of other abilities is minimal.

It really comes down to what you want to do with the computer as to which processor to choose. But unless you expect to be running lots of spreadsheets and other heavy applications, I think you'll be happier with the AMD.

Answer 3

DUAL CORE! It has dual core. Meaning, the computer thinks its running dual processors... ALWAYS FASTER!! It would be the better choice! AMDs run hot, and burn out faster, Intells are better in the long run.

Answer 4

intel is best AMD is safe