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    Penryn vs. T7500

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by haquocdung, Feb 6, 2008.

  1. haquocdung

    haquocdung Notebook Virtuoso

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    This may a stupid question, but I'm just wonder between the 2.1 Ghz Penryn and my T7500 Core 2 duo, which will have a better performance???
     
    haquocdung, Feb 6, 2008
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  2. YaK

    YaK Notebook Enthusiast

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    I think the general consensus will be that the Penryn will give you approximately the same performance but will draw less power and will run slightly cooler.
     
    YaK, Feb 6, 2008
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  3. miprs4

    miprs4 Notebook Consultant

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    Don't forget SSE4 as well...
     
    miprs4, Feb 6, 2008
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  4. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    The Penryn will give you better performance, however both CPUs have top notch performance. Penryn is about 5 - 15% faster than the standard Merom Core 2 Duo clock for clock.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Feb 6, 2008
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  5. sonicwind

    sonicwind Notebook Evangelist

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    If it's 15% that's actually pretty significant. That would probably show up in stuff like zipping operations and video compression.

    Edit: I was curious about this. Your 7500 is 2.2Ghz and has 4mb cache. The 2.1 Penryn only has 3MB cache. For my money, I bet your 7500 is faster.
     
    sonicwind, Feb 6, 2008
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