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    Pentium T4200 vs core2duo T6400

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by taz12, Jul 25, 2009.

  1. taz12

    taz12 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, I'm interested in buying a samsung q320, but I noticed that there are different models with these two processors. One has a Intel Pentium dual core t4200 at 2.0ghz, and one has a core 2 duo t6400 at 2.0ghz. Is the difference in these two massive? The reason is that the t6400 version is alot more expensive, and I'm struggling to find a reason to justify the cost. The only thing that I can see the t6400 has over the t4200 is the extra 1mb of cache, apparently the architecture of this pentium dual core is exactly the same as the core 2 duo (they both have Penryn chips, 2.0ghz Clock Speed, 800Mhz FSB, 45nm lithography, no Hyper Threading etc), in fact I think its the first pentium dual core to be so similar to a core 2 duo. Any advice would be helpful.
     
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    You are correct, both the T4200 and the T6400 share the same architecture and are pretty much the same chip. The extra 1MB of cache in the T6400 is not going to be noticeable; all other specs are the same.

    You'll be fine with the T4200; I would not pay more for the T6400.
     
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    taz12 Notebook Enthusiast

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    The T4200 it is then. Thanks alot for the advice folks.
     
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    Yes Chaz is totally right. With normal usage there won't be any difference.
     
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    That's what I was thinking initially, the previous laptop I owned had a amd turion 1.8ghz dual core, and that was sufficient for the tasks I was doing, and the t4200 outperforms this so it should be more than enough.
     
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    No difference at all
     
    Kallogan, Jul 25, 2009
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