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user1397
September 30th, 2006, 03:38 AM
for a long time i've been wondering this.

are these sort-of the equivalents of each company?

amd sempron = intel celeron
amd athlon xp = intel pentium 4
amd athlon 64 = intel core duo
amd athlon 64x2 = intel core 2 duo
amd turion = intel centrino

??????????????

Okay so here are the real equivalents after my knowledge was corrected:

amd sempron = intel celeron
amd athlon xp = intel pentium 4
amd athlon 64 = intel pentium 4 (with 64-bit extensions)
amd athlon 64x2 = intel core duo
amd turion = intel pentium M or Core Solo

intel core 2 duo = faster than any amd processor

morphodone
September 30th, 2006, 04:11 AM
that looks pretty good but it's more confusing than that i think.

the "newer" semprons are actually old athlon xp cores
or some might even be athlon 64 cores with 64 bit disabled.

I'm more familiar with amd than intel.

Also,
athlon 64 = pentium 4 with 64 bit extensions

user1397
October 4th, 2006, 09:19 PM
that looks pretty good but it's more confusing than that i think.

the "newer" semprons are actually old athlon xp cores
or some might even be athlon 64 cores with 64 bit disabled.

I'm more familiar with amd than intel.

Also,
athlon 64 = pentium 4 with 64 bit extensionsah I see. thanks for the knowledge.

Lord Illidan
October 4th, 2006, 09:23 PM
for a long time i've been wondering this.

are these sort-of the equivalents of each company?

amd sempron = intel celeron
amd athlon xp = intel pentium 4
amd athlon 64 = intel core duo
amd athlon 64x2 = intel core 2 duo
amd turion = intel centrino

??????????????

I wouldn't say that there are any AMD equivalents to Core Duo, given that it is outperforming their socks off!

user1397
October 4th, 2006, 09:26 PM
I wouldn't say that there are any AMD equivalents to Core Duo, given that it is outperforming their socks off!
hence my words "sort-of-equivalents" ;)

Kateikyoushi
October 4th, 2006, 09:27 PM
Centrino is not a cpu it is a package of a chipset, cpu type and wireless.

Would be turion = pentium M
As long as pentium M cpus are created. It is core solo these days.

user1397
October 4th, 2006, 09:38 PM
Centrino is not a cpu it is a package of a chipset, cpu type and wireless.

Would be turion = pentium M
As long as pentium M cpus are created. It is core solo these days.thanks, i'll update my knowledge base right now. :p

user1397
October 4th, 2006, 09:41 PM
so how does centrino work? is it satellite or what?

Kateikyoushi
October 4th, 2006, 09:54 PM
Erm centrino is a brand, used for Intel notebooks it has 3 components the cpu the chipset and the wireless adapter.
If you do not use any of the 3 components intel "recommends" you can't sell it as a centrino notebook.

This is how intel enforeces to use it's wireless.

user1397
October 4th, 2006, 09:59 PM
Erm centrino is a brand, used for Intel notebooks it has 3 components the cpu the chipset and the wireless adapter.
If you do not use any of the 3 components intel "recommends" you can't sell it as a centrino notebook.

This is how intel enforeces to use it's wireless.ok, but is the wireless component wi-fi, or satellite, or bluetooth,or what?

Kateikyoushi
October 4th, 2006, 10:11 PM
Ah, it's just a wifi.

user1397
October 4th, 2006, 10:15 PM
Ah, it's just a wifi.wow that is so lame...all this time, i thought centrino to be some crazy wireless technology that enabled you to connect anywhere in the world, silly me:neutral:

jdong
October 5th, 2006, 12:00 AM
wow that is so lame...all this time, i thought centrino to be some crazy wireless technology that enabled you to connect anywhere in the world, silly me:neutral:


No, the centrino name is just a guarantee that you're gonna get an Intel CPU with an Intel motherboard+chipset and an Intel wireless card. For us Linux folks, that's almost a guarantee that the laptop would work great with Linux.

The AMD Turion brand does not have such reassurance.

user1397
October 5th, 2006, 12:12 AM
No, the centrino name is just a guarantee that you're gonna get an Intel CPU with an Intel motherboard+chipset and an Intel wireless card. For us Linux folks, that's almost a guarantee that the laptop would work great with Linux.

The AMD Turion brand does not have such reassurance.that's a new way of looking at it :-D