New Celeron D Core gets a Speed Boost

Posted by CowboyNeal on Monday June 28, 2004 @04:11AM from the new-life-into-old-lines dept.

qtothemax writes "The new Celeron core was released on the 25th. The processor, using Intel's new model number naming convention, looks to be quite a bit faster than the old core. The new core is based on the 90nm Prescott, which offers respectable performance, compared to the very slow Northwood based Celeron. It features a 256kB L2 cache, and a 533mhz FSB. Looks like Prescott's longer pipeline is more then offset by the better branch prediction and most importantly the doubled cache when it comes to the smaller cached Celeron. This Celeron may be able to compete with AMD's offerings based on more then name brand alone. Reviews and benchmarks are at Anandtech. I couldn't find any other good reviews, as budget chips rarely generate much excitement."

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Core by rfernand79 · 2004-06-28 04:12 · Score: 1, Redundant

Is this core closer to the P4 core or a completely different one? I'm not familiar with Intel's current family, but I seem to remember that Celerons were based one on the P2...
1. Re:Core by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-28 04:16 · Score: 0, Redundant
  
  They're based on the P4 core. Celeron just means the budget range and is usually a cut down version of whatever Pentium is out at the moment.
  
  The first Celeron was based on the Pentium II and then it went to Pentium III cores and finally Pentium 4 cores.