AMD AMD Athlon XP 2500+ Vs. Intel Core 2 Duo E6600

quesuerte · 09-10-2006, 10:14 PM

Hi all!

I was thinking of upgrading my PC and I was wondering how big the difference in performance would be between AMD Athlon XP 2500+ (my current processor) and Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (the one I'm thinking of buying).

What exactly is this 'duo' technology, will it give a noticeable difference in performance?

Thanks for the help!

Bobo · 09-10-2006, 10:14 PM

The difference would be insanely huge. Period. End of story. It would be like going from a 1989 Honda Accord to a 2007 Shelby Cobra.

Burgerbob · 09-10-2006, 10:16 PM

No offense, but is that seriously a question? sry lol... Bobo is right, its like comparing a 50's 5 inch TV to a modern 100in TFT LCD with 8ms response time. No argument.

Motoxrdude · 09-10-2006, 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by quesuerte

Hi all!

I was thinking of upgrading my PC and I was wondering how big the difference in performance would be between AMD Athlon XP 2500+ (my current processor) and Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (the one I'm thinking of buying).

What exactly is this 'duo' technology, will it give a noticeable difference in performance?

Thanks for the help!

The difference would be massive. The E6600 would blow your old processor out of the water, to say the least.
Duo processors means it has two cores.

The_Beast · 09-10-2006, 10:30 PM

lets say your CPU in a rain drop
the E6600 is a hurricane
as simple as i can put it

quesuerte · 09-10-2006, 10:32 PM

Lol. Ok, I get the picture, many thanks! The only reason I asked was that the site I was looking at said the Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 was 2.4Ghz which got me thinking it would seem a bit slow. Guess not!

**The_Other_One** · 09-10-2006, 10:34 PM

You're trying to compare two totally different generations of processors. As other's said, there is no comparison.

As for the duo, that's intel's name for duel core. Not too many applications actually utilize this yet, but it does help out with some things. You can also divide up the loads between the cores. Now, this doesn't give you twice the speed of a single core. Actually, with many applications, single cores are faster, unless the software utilzes both cores as I mentioned.

Edit - Ah, and I'm a bit slow ;P
With your last comment about the speeds, look at other processors speeds. The efficientcy of processors has gone up a good bit, so many more operations can be done per clock. So, that's why 2.4GHz processors can beat 3.8GHz processors

Motoxrdude · 09-10-2006, 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by quesuerte

Lol. Ok, I get the picture, many thanks! The only reason I asked was that the site I was looking at said the Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 was 2.4Ghz which got me thinking it would seem a bit slow. Guess not!

Nope, ghz does not have anything to do with speed.

Bobo · 09-10-2006, 10:34 PM

Clock speed means almost nothing nowadays. A 1.8GHz Core 2 Duo would kick the crap out of a 3.6GHz P4. Processors are doing more things per clock cycles at a lower speed, not less things faster.

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Nope, ghz does not have anything to do with speed.

Iluvpenguins · 09-10-2006, 10:36 PM

Another one

The e6600 would go to the bathroom for a number 2,and use the AMD Athlon XP 2500+ as toilet paper.

09-10-2006, 10:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
quesuerte New Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 7	AMD AMD Athlon XP 2500+ Vs. Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Hi all! I was thinking of upgrading my PC and I was wondering how big the difference in performance would be between AMD Athlon XP 2500+ (my current processor) and Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (the one I'm thinking of buying). What exactly is this 'duo' technology, will it give a noticeable difference in performance? Thanks for the help!

09-10-2006, 10:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
Burgerbob Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Private Island Age: 17 Posts: 2,480	No offense, but is that seriously a question? sry lol... Bobo is right, its like comparing a 50's 5 inch TV to a modern 100in TFT LCD with 8ms response time. No argument. __________________ Family Computer AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ (Barcelona) 2048Mb Ballistix, ASUS M2N-E 2X160gb WD SATA HDDs, eVGA GeForce 6800XT Sunbeam Clear (pink, long story) Acrylic case Hanns-G 19in 5ms

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09-10-2006, 10:34 PM	#7 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,185	You're trying to compare two totally different generations of processors. As other's said, there is no comparison. As for the duo, that's intel's name for duel core. Not too many applications actually utilize this yet, but it does help out with some things. You can also divide up the loads between the cores. Now, this doesn't give you twice the speed of a single core. Actually, with many applications, single cores are faster, unless the software utilzes both cores as I mentioned. Edit - Ah, and I'm a bit slow ;P With your last comment about the speeds, look at other processors speeds. The efficientcy of processors has gone up a good bit, so many more operations can be done per clock. So, that's why 2.4GHz processors can beat 3.8GHz processors __________________ Urban De-Development * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2048M RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT * C2D T5250 \| 2048M RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100 * G4 1.33GHz \| 512M RAM \| 40G HD \| Radeon 9200

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Iluvpenguins Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Kitchener Ontario Posts: 1,240	Another one The e6600 would go to the bathroom for a number 2,and use the AMD Athlon XP 2500+ as toilet paper. __________________ My computer: Intel Core2Duo E6550 @ 3.01ghz Gigabyte P31-DS3L Patriot 2x1GB DDR2-800->Currently 860mhz BFG GeForce 8800GTS(G80) 320MB Cooler Master 550W w/32A on 12v rail WD 80GB HD,WD 500GB HD

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Bobo banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pittsburgh Age: 16 Posts: 6,623	The difference would be insanely huge. Period. End of story. It would be like going from a 1989 Honda Accord to a 2007 Shelby Cobra.

09-10-2006, 10:32 PM	#6 (permalink)
quesuerte New Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 7	Lol. Ok, I get the picture, many thanks! The only reason I asked was that the site I was looking at said the Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 was 2.4Ghz which got me thinking it would seem a bit slow. Guess not!

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