What's the difference between all of the processors in computers?

Question

I know how Intel and AMD have different ones...but now I see Sempron and Pentium-M and Pentium-D etc...I want to know the ones made by each company and where they stand, and how the notebook chips measure up against each other and the desktop chips.

Answer 1

Architecture:
Basic design of a microprocessor. It may include processor technology and/or other architectural enhancements.

Cache:
A temporary storage for frequently accessed or recently accessed data. Having certain data stored in a cache speeds up the operation of the computer. Cache size is measured in megabytes (MB) or kilobytes (KB).

Clock Speed:
Speed of the processor's internal clock which dictates how fast the processor can process the data. Clock speed is usually measured in GHz (gigahertz, or billions of pulses per second).

Front Side Bus:
The connecting path between the processor and other key components such as the memory controller hub. FSB speed is measured in GHz or MHz.

Level 2 Cache:
A collection of built-in memory chips, slower than the Level 1 Cache but faster than the main memory area. Level 2 (L2) Cache can help speed the operation of some applications.

Answer 2

AMD makes the Sempron. Intel makes Pentium products. Intel chips are typically cooler. AMD has proven that the actual speed of the processor dosen't matter and you can overclock them to any speed with the right cooling devices. Laptop chips need to be a lot cooler since they cannot have a huge fan attached to them. Desktop cpu's need to have good Motherboards available.

Answer 3

Maan u need a long learning curve ..

first start with this:
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/microprocessor.htm

then u can go to Intel and AMD websites and read about the specifications of each processor they make and choose your best appropriate ...

now about motherboard chips:
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/motherboard.htm

they this first and do the same for VIA , INTEL ,SIS and nVidia:go there , see the chipsets .. read specifiations and compare ...

this wont be easy task ... u'll need about 2-3 days of research depeing on your knowledge ..

hope this helps

Answer 4

the difference is about their speed of processing whatever data that is fed to them.
it depends on what type of data is fed.for eg.a discrete signal processor(dsp) is exclusively used for complex mathematical operations.
a numeric data processor is used along with a main processor as a coprocessor only to do mathemaical operations.and so on..........

Answer 5

go the company website or try wikipedia

they explain quite a great bit there

Answer 6

that would be to deep and way to much info to type here, got to Tomshardware.com, it should help you