On Mar 15, 11:53 am, Jethro <Wil...@somewhere.org> wrote:
> I've never seen a direct head-to-head of Pentium v. Celeron or Athlon
> v. Sempron. Maybe I just didn't look hard enough. Simply stated, when
> they have the same speed and FSB numbers, what, exactly, is left out
> to make them cheaper?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jethro
Semprons and celerons also have less cache. Which is a big part of
performance. There are some other differences, that I'm too lazy to
look up, too.
Here's a couple samples, the selected comparison is in red.
http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu_20...l2=81&chart=21 http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu_20...l2=81&chart=26