In comparing these two processors, which would perform better?
In evaluating performance, I'm looking at battery life, heat output, and speed for basic computing (Msft Office, web browsing, etc) in a laptop.
I know the 3300 has a faster clock speed, but it seems the L2 cache and SOI (?) ratings are lower. Do these things matter, or is the 3300+ really a better option?
Thanks.
2006-07-01 11:26:10 · 3 answers · asked by bjb86 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
I would imagine that the two CPU's have comparable battery life and heat output. The heat on a laptop is mainly due to the hard drive or any optical drive you might have and not to the CPU. As for battery life, a laptop's power hogs are the hard drive, optical drives and the laptop's view screen. A larger L2 cache would definitely help but I don't think you would notice any increase in performance. If you want to improve performance then add more RAM. You can also overclock the CPU to get better performance. I don't think you can go wrong buying either one.
2006-07-01 11:50:38 · answer #1 · answered by What the...?!? 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The L2 cache is direct memory that the processor can use...the more the better. I'd sacrafice speed for more of the L2 cache.
2006-07-01 18:29:36 · answer #2 · answered by tom_a_hawk12 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the 3300+
2006-07-01 18:48:47 · answer #3 · answered by Natedogg 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋