[Frasier]

I am trying to choose between 2 laptops which cost the same but have different processors. Can anyone advise if the difference between a Core Duo T2350 at 1.86mhz and a Core 2 Duo T5500 at 1.66mhz, with the other specifications being the same eg 1gb memory and Home Premium, would be noticeable?
Thanks

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Without going into reading the architecture of the chips, the one thing i find that makes the T5500 chip a bit faster is that it runs on a 667 Mhz bus while the T2350 runs on a 533 Mhz bus. That alone would convince me to go for the T5500.

There is also this.

In 2007, Intel began branding the Yonah core CPUs as Pentium Dual-Core intended for lower-end mobile only computers, unlike the 64-bit Core microarchitecture CPUs branded as Intel Core 2 Duo (for higher-end computers) and also as Pentium Dual-Core (for lower-end desktops only). In short, the Core brand refers to processors with the "mobile" derivative of 32-bit Intel P6 microarchitecture (preceding the Core microarchitecture), whereas the Intel Core 2 Duo brand refers to CPUs with the 64-bit Core microarchitecture.


SRX660

Edited by SRX660, 03 November 2007 - 01:54 PM.

[SRX660]

Without going into reading the architecture of the chips, the one thing i find that makes the T5500 chip a bit faster is that it runs on a 667 Mhz bus while the T2350 runs on a 533 Mhz bus. That alone would convince me to go for the T5500.

There is also this.

In 2007, Intel began branding the Yonah core CPUs as Pentium Dual-Core intended for lower-end mobile only computers, unlike the 64-bit Core microarchitecture CPUs branded as Intel Core 2 Duo (for higher-end computers) and also as Pentium Dual-Core (for lower-end desktops only). In short, the Core brand refers to processors with the "mobile" derivative of 32-bit Intel P6 microarchitecture (preceding the Core microarchitecture), whereas the Intel Core 2 Duo brand refers to CPUs with the 64-bit Core microarchitecture.


SRX660

Edited by SRX660, 03 November 2007 - 01:54 PM.

[Niles]

Thanks very much for the reply, that's very helpful.