Pentium4 HT Vs. Pentium D.

Why would you say a P4 is better? A pentium D is essentially two Pentium 4's in one, except the Pentium D may have more L2 Cache per core, and is a smaller process.
 
[-0MEGA-] said:
Why would you say a P4 is better? A pentium D is essentially two Pentium 4's in one, except the Pentium D may have more L2 Cache per core, and is a smaller process.
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I DIDN'T say that some other people on this board said that!:confused:
 
acyually a p4 3.4 pr pver may outperform many pentium d
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Only at single threaded apps, and its because it has a higher clock speed.

spamdos said:
okay, some p4ht are better than some pd. but in general, pd is better.
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Granted a 3.4Ghz P4 will be better than a 3.0Ghz PD in single threaded apps. But in multi-threaded apps the PD will outperform the P4.
 
[-0MEGA-] said:
Why would you say a P4 is better? A pentium D is essentially two Pentium 4's in one, except the Pentium D may have more L2 Cache per core, and is a smaller process.
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for the GHz yes, but a pentium 4 might cost less at a higher frequency... making it perform better in games.
 
[-0MEGA-] said:
A pentium D is essentially two Pentium 4's in one, except the Pentium D may have more L2 Cache per core, and is a smaller process.
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Both PD's and P4's are on a 65nm process and have 2MB of L2 cache.
 
basically a Pentium D and a Pentium 4 with the same amount of cache per core, at the same frequency... the pentium D would be better. of course, it will cost more as well.
 
You guys need to look up prices instead of assuming you know them:

Pentium D 930 (3.0 Ghz): $213
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819116238

Pentium 4 640 (3.2 Ghz): $211
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819116197

The comparison on PCmark05:
http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html?modelx=33&model1=210&chart=58&model2=322

You can look at the price/performance index, but there they have outdated prices.

What are your conclusions? Of course in the gaming test, you lose a whopping 1.5 frames per second in Doom 1280, but who can tell?
 
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exactly, the P4 is priced $2 lower, and outperforms that Pentium D in most games... not by much, but still... it all depends on what you plan on doing with it.
if you built a comp and only wanted to play ut2004 you would pick a pentium 4 over a pentium d for the price.
of course, you'd pick an athlon 64 over either of those if you know what a good gaming proc is :)
 
Clutch said:
Both PD's and P4's are on a 65nm process and have 2MB of L2 cache.
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I havent been following closely on the P4, but you are right. I noticed today while browsing through newegg that they had 2MB L2 and were 65nm.
 
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