AMD 64 or Core Duo?

Which is better, the Core Duo or the AMD Athlon Turion 64-bit?
(comparing Dell e1505 to e1501)Thanks!

 

The Core Duo is the superior design. It offers better battery life, lower heat output, and is faster in benchmarks.

I would recommend that you read the e1501 review Andrew posted earlier, it compares the e1505 and e1501.

*disclaimer*
In everyday tasks both processors are sufficient--don't get tangled up in AMD vs. Intel; you will likely not notice a difference.

 

I agree with vespoli. The Core Duo is more efficient, and will outperform the Turion64 by quite a margin.

 

If you're on a budget the AMD is a capable cpu, but if you have the money for a Core Duo is is a more powerful cpu.

 

If you don't have money for core duo than amd 64 will do,but if you have dont think,Core (2) Duo is the best processor for notebooks..

 

Core 2 Duo with 4MB cache would be the way to go.

 

Core Duo is mucchhh better then Turion64 bit. No doubt...

 

Make that core 2 duo is much better than the turion X2. The core duo is about 10% faster, and somewhat more efficient powerwise.

 

overall you wont notice the difference. both processors have pros/cons.

 

I'm just talking about the Core Duo, not the Core 2 Duo.
Is the AMD Athlon Turion x2 better than the Core Duo (not the Core 2 Duo)?

 

No - mostly. For some things, the turion has a slight edge, but overall the core duo is the clear winner. Check out tomshardware or anandtech and other such sites for specifics. The only problem with the core duos is that unless you have a dedicated graphics card, they tend to come in notebooks with the very lousy intel GMA950 integrated GPU. The AMDs tend to come with X200/x1150 or go6150s. If you are buying an integrated GPU, and wish to ever at all play any games, I'd suggest going with the amd/ati/nvidia combo instead of the core duo/gma 950.

Of course, if you're buying a laptop with a dedicated GPU this is irrelevent, and you should go with the core duo unless the price for the turion is better. In reality, you'll probably see little difference between the two processors when comparing the same frequency values. Worry less about the processor and more about the notebook as a whole. People get far too hung-up on minute difference between AMD and Intel.

Good luck! Chef

 

The Core Duo is still faster in benchmarks and more thermally/electrically efficient. The only thing the Turion x2 has going for it is 64-bit capability.

You will not notice a difference in everyday tasks, but all other things equal you should choose the Intel chip.

 

Ok, thanksm for the help.

 

I think that is a myth, alot of users say that yet core duos and core 2 duos have very high temps. There are a few threads on here with people complaining about the high temps that their core duo and core 2 duo processors reach. Some complain of idle temps above 50c. My turion x2 idles at 38c and when it runs on battery 800mhz @ 0.800v the temps get down as low as 30c sometimes a rare 29c . On full blast I reach a max temp of about 60c and it stays there, but most core duos and core 2 duos reach this temp doing simple tasks because there idle temps are higher... I think it all has to do with how intel rates TDP vs how AMD rates it...

 

this previous thread maybe is useful to u
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=89069&page=3
IMO, The AMD is a much better , because you're probably paying more bucks with the Intel rig. Yes, the Intel is quite a bit faster than the AMD, but for the average user, this speed advantage is not going to show up with everyday's activities.

 

I believe the heat and energy efficiency were only an issue when the CPU ws being pushed to the max - the intel chip was only slightly more energy efficient at peak levels. Realistically, at the levels the CPU is being regularily subjected to, there was no advantage.

 

Is it still true that AMD CPUs are behine Intel Core Duo and Core 2 Duo? because the Xbitlabs.com comparison show that AMD and Intel CPUs have more or less the same performance for the same price tag.

http://xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/dualcore-roundup.html

 

This is a comparison of desktop processors, so it is hard to make comparisons to notebook processors.