[killabytes]

Which one is better?

Pentium 4 3Ghz or a Core2 Duo 1.8Ghz.

 

[{Unregistered}]

Core 2 duo quite obviously, if you want a short clear answer.

 

[the magical me]

LOL... any C2D is way better than any P4, regardless of the clock speed . in general, any dual-core CPU is better than P4, even if it was a Celeron one...

 

[Browncoat]

Yup, Core2 Duo by quite a margin.

 

[Fateful_Ikkou]

I can personally attest to the Gigantic Leap in performance when swapping from a PA to a Core 2 Duo

The verdict is in and the P4 is Guilty on all charges for being way too slow

 

[killabytes]

Thanks folks. Haven't really been up 'n up with Intel lately.

+Rep to those that helped.

 

[japan1]

Pentium 4's use the (very) old Netburst microarchitecture, Core 2's use the 'core' microarchitecture which is, clock for clock, far more efficient.

 

[Princess Garnet]

I've used a 2.8GHz Pentium 4 and a 1.8GHz Pentium Dual-core (which is a Core 2 under another name since it has less L2 cache), and the latter was faster in general.

 

[Riskitall84]

P4's were hot, slow and power hungry. The only thing they are good for is LN2!

The core architecture stomps all over a P4 even with hyperthreading.

 

[TickleMeElmo]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/core2-duo-knocks-athlon-64,1282.html

Look at some of these benchmarks.

 

[tehmaggot]

Pentium 4s still hold a dear spot in my heart.

With that said, Atoms can keep up with Pentium 4s, and Core 2 Duos are quite a bit faster than Atoms.

 

[Phenom_955]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Riskitall84;14166086
Prescotts were hot, slow and power hungry. The only thing they are good for is LN2!

Fixed. Northwoods were very competitive with the Athlon XP especially when overclocked (the 2.4C M0 stepping was a beast). Only the price caused me to choose an AMD rig at the time.
Quote:

Originally Posted by Riskitall84;14166086
The core architecture stomps all over a P4 even with hyperthreading.

Yes.

 

[killabytes]

Thanks again folks. The processor now in question is a Core 2 Duo E4300. I'm glad it will make a performance difference.