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Wondering what the difference is between the different computer chip. For example, the AMD chips have several kinds (AMD Athlon, AMD Athlon XP-M, AMD Athlon64, AMD Sempron, AMD Turion64), and the Pentium has a few also (Intel Celeron, Intel Celeron M, Intel Pentium 4, Intel Pentium 4 M). I know the difference between AMD and pentium, but how are the other classes different?

2006-07-11 09:52:43 · 3 answers · asked by jabbamonkey 2 in Computers & Internet Hardware Desktops

3 answers

AMD CPU's

Entry Level CPU
- Duron (discontinued)
- Sempron

Mobile CPU
- Turion64
- Athlon XP M (discontinued)

Main Stream CPU
- Athlon (discontinued)
- Athlon XP (discontinued)
- Athlon64
- Athlon64 X2 (dual core)

High Performance CPU
- Athlon FX (single/dual core)

Server Class CPU
- Opteron

Intel CPU's

Entry Level CPU
- Celeron
- Celeron M (mobile)

Mobile CPU
- Celeron M (entry level)
- Pentium 4 M
- Pentium M

Main Stream CPU
- Pentium 4 (about to be discontinued)
- Core Duo

High Performance CPU
- Pentium 4 Extreme Edition

Server Class CPU
- Itanium
- Xeon

2006-07-11 10:11:15 · answer #1 · answered by cantankerous_bunch 4 · 5 0

you'll find celeron chips in the dirt cheap computer i.e. Dells. Pentium is the next step up, and then they have an extreme class and a server class. AMD has the sempron that competes (read BLOWS AWAY) the celeron, although it is still an cheapp model. the Athlons will really smash a pentium, and the y also have an extreme class and a server class).

the way that an AMD is related to a pentium: an AMD Athlon chip will have a number after it like 3500+ or 4000+ this relates how fast that chip is when compare to a Pentium. if the AMD is a 4000+, you would have to run a Pentium at 4GHz to do the same work (in theory, although in reality, a good pentium will keep up with a good Athlon)

Advantages of AMD over Intel: Faster, Cheaper, and you don;t have to buy expensive water cooling systems to keep the heat under control. they also seem to be more stable, and they tend to upgrade very well (AMD dosent have too many different sokets for their processors)

oh yeah, the ones that have an "M" in their name are made for laptops, also the core duo and solo (intel)

2006-07-11 10:52:04 · answer #2 · answered by Jason S 3 · 1 0

I personally think the AMD's have more of a crunch to them

2006-07-11 09:56:39 · answer #3 · answered by Roz 4 · 0 1

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