Turion 64 or Pentium M?

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In terms of performance which is better? The Turion 64 is a 1.6ghz that I am looking at so what would it compare to in a Pentium M? Thanks
 
I don't know which one you would compare it to, but I can surely say that a Pentium M will get you the best performance.
 
Yeah, it depends on what you're doing. I'd say the turion can get you higher (just a little) performance than a pentium M when gaming. Some 3D calculations can be a little higher too, but sometimes the GPU and RAM will help on those ends. I, myself, prefer the Pentium M because it's Intel, very reliable, and used widely. Software makers/developers widely use Intel systems. I was an AMD fan back when they first came on the scene- if you asked my back then, the AMD was faster at what I was doing, but the Intel was hands-down more reliable. Nowadays, it's a toss up, but I prefer the Centrino chipset, great for mobility and battery life.
 
LaptopExtreme said:
Yeah, it depends on what you're doing. I'd say the turion can get you higher (just a little) performance than a pentium M when gaming.
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The Pentium M is actually better for gaming than the Turion. I dont know about other tasks, but the Penitum M is pretty much the best processor out there, and also has a great battery life.
 
geoff5093 said:
The Pentium M is actually better for gaming than the Turion. I dont know about other tasks, but the Penitum M is pretty much the best processor out there, and also has a great battery life.
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Really, I thought it was the other way around for gaming/multimedia, I thought the Turion along with the combination of certain GPU's would excel a tiny bit more. Not as much as better over the Pentium 4's. I guess it depends on the GPU and maker of the latpop, too. I just heard benchmarks always stayed with 4-5% up and down- so it was about even across the board. Oh well, if the Turion is worse then I stand corrected. :rolleyes:
 
The Turion is an excellent processor, but so is the Pentium M. I never heard that the Turion with a certain GPU would perform better than a PM, but i may be mistaken.
 
The Compaq V2000 series is a great laptop. If the question of the performance on either Pentium M or Turion versions of this model, I'd go with a Centrino chipset. It's only a mid-range system.

Back to the Turion vs. Pentium, here's a good read: http://www.1src.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-90892.html
I'd say the two are excellent performers, but one will look better than the other on paper, but to actually have the best performance is to look at the overall system.

It's like cars, the Honda Accord (very reliable) is in the same mid-class as the Nissan Altima. The Altima's specs looks very good on paper, has more horsepower, but Consumer Reports (unbiased) says that the Accord is faster than the Altima. How can that be? It's the Horsepower with a combination of other components that make the overall more powerful.

So basically it's not the processor alone, there's also the RAM, GPU, HD and the motherboard's throughput that determine's one's overall performance. And the processor shouldn't be overall decision on a purchase... or else we'd all be driving Hemi's right now. After that, you have to focus on the terrain... such as, what are you going to be needing the performance for? With the system you're looking at, I'm sure it's not gaming. Maybe you're more focused on portability and battery life? ...with light gaming? I'm sure most of us will go for the Pentium M either way. Very reliable and accepted by many (compatability with software/developers/operating systems/etc).
 
without reading anything above because i just got done with exams and i'm lazy. the pentium M and the turion 64 go hand in hand when it comes to processing. they both perform very well. The advantage of the pentium M is battery life. despite what somesites have said on battery life being longer thant he turion 64 it is totally untrue. I get alot longer battery life on my pentium M. the advantage of the turion 64 is the 64 bit obviously. other than that they are both good buys.
 
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