T-series vs P-series

So I know that the P-series consumes less power. But what is the difference between the T and P-series? ANd which would be the better buy?

Along these lines, I'm not anymore familiar with the AMD's processors. So which are good and which do I avoid?

As a general idea I'd be doing web, large power point, excel number crunching and graphing, word processing, eventually some photo editing, light gaming (LOTR and Diablo II), online live sports games feeds.

 

Amd Turion X2 line ~= Pentium Dual core-ish.
for you I would get a high P series or a low T series proccessor.

 

If you have a few minutes to spare, reading this article will give you a great deal of FACTUAL information (rather than various OPINIONS)- AMD Puma vs. Intel Centrino 2

 

AMD is behind Intel in the mobile cpu market. But people here are a little arrogant about it. The Turion x2's are much more powerful than the pentium dual cores. They are on par with the higher end napa core 2 duo's.

AMD's ZM-86 at 2.4Ghz released in 2008 is pretty much the same speed as the T7600 2.33Ghz Intel core 2 duo from 2006. Which by no means is slow. I have a T7400 and it is a really fast processor.

AMD's fastest mobile chips are basically competitive with 2yr old intel mobile processors. Pentium dual cores and celerons are terrible processors, you cant even compare them to AMD's latest mobile chips.

If youre looking for performance benchmarks, you should download a copy of SISsandra, you can see pretty much all of the performance ratings of each of the latest mobile cpu's:
http://www.sisoftware.co.uk/index.html?dir=dload&location=sware_dl_3264&langx=en&a=

K-TRON

 

That's a good comparison. I really like AMD cpu's. All my desktops use them. Price to performance is way better. Mobile wise though, I go intel.

 

I wouldn't advise you to go for any of the current AMD Mobile CPUs.

A P8400 - P8700, will be fine for your needs. Plus, get a fast HDD, or a small SSD, +4gig RAM....that should handle the large PPTs just fine, and will definitely help in image-editing as well.

 

Desktop and Mobile are different worlds, which you apparently know! I've had mostly AMD-powered desktops and I prefer ATI graphics (desktop and laptop). But AMD mobile processors just aren't competitive anymore...especially when they aren't significantly discounted vs. Intel systems.

 

Good specs-wise comparison: Wikipedia

For 90% of laptop buyers, I'd recommend the P series over the T series. They have a lower TDP (25W v 35W), and perform [almost] just as well as the T series.

AMD Turions certainly aren't bad speed-wise, but they lag quite a bit behind Intel in regards to power consumption and heat production.

 

Few years off on the T7600, there - it's August 2006. Otherwise nothing to object to. Not quite sure I'd call Pentium Dual-Core and Celeron "terrible", but they do leave a bit to be desired relative to the rest of the options.

 

Wow, your right. For some reason I thought it was older. My T7400 says 06 on it.
My T5300 says 05 on it, and my T2500 says 03 on it.

I will correct the first post

K-TRON