Is Celeron 2.4Ghz higher or lower than a pentium 4 1.8Ghz?

Question

How do you compare?

Answer 1

The actual clock speed is higher ... after all it's right there in front of you ... but the P4 has a higher level 2 cache meaning it calculates more information at one time and therefore punches more data through making it quicker. ... depending on how old the Celeron is will determine the amount of level 2 cache ... if it's a similar age as the P4 the P4 1.8 will still have the edge over the 2.4 .... if it's a newer Celeron it will have the same level 2 cache and having the better clock speed will therefore be the better processor

Answer 2

GHz aren't all that matters, boys! Celerons have half the cache of a Pentium, so they are often a lot slower. That's why we call them "Celery" instead of "Celeron" :)

The cache lets you avoid the (much longer) access times to reach main memory. The more cache you have, the faster you can load and store data in memory. If you have less cache, like with a Celeron, you get more cache misses than cache hits and have to go to main memory a lot more often, which means the computer is overall slower. Yes, the CPU executes more cycles with that 2.4GHz Celeron, but instead of using 1 cycle to get the data from the cache like that Pentium would, it needs to use a bunch more to figure out where the heck it is in memory and read it.

Even longer access times are involved when you're swapping/paging (using the hard disk as memory).

Answer 3

higher

you can go by the reviews on forums, that and the numbers speak for themselves

Answer 4

Let me ask you this, is 2.4 higher than 1.8? There you go.