P4 1.8mhz vs. Celeron 2.4

What is the major difference between my P4 1.8ghz and a celeron 2.4ghz, besides the 256 vs 128kb cache and obvious speed. The celeron looks very simmilar to my P4. Thanks.

>The celeron looks very simmilar to my P4

It probably used to be the same cpu, before intel did the testing, binning and cut the wafer, so any similarity in its looks shouldnt be a surprise (well aside from the fact your P4 is probably a .18 product and the celeron a .13).

Anyway, you pretty much said it yourself; the cache size is the main (only ?) difference. If you are considering an upgrade from your current P4 1.8 to a 2.4 celeron, I wouldnt recommend it. The celeron might be faster in some apps, but will probably feel slower, more sluggish as most cache starved cpu's do. I'm also not sure it will really be (much) faster overall, depending on your apps. If you are on a budget, I think your money would be better spent picking up a used Northwood from ebay that runs with whatever FSB your motherboard can handle (fearing 400 MHz only).Even a 2 or 2.2 GHz northwood would be a much better choice than a 2.4 Celeron, and probably cheaper as well.

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