Performance Guide: Intel Celeron

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Celeron Vs. Pentium III - SYSmark 2000

To show the performance differences between the Celeron and the Pentium III, I decided to give you the real difference instead of the naked benchmark numbers.

Please consider that I produced the results using a Celeron 566 (66 x8.5) and a Pentium III 850, clocked at 66 instead of 100 MHz FSB. Bryce, Excel, Paradox and Powerpoint run faster by 15-23%, while most others gain between 4 and 9%. Remember that the only difference in this comparison is the L2 cache size and possibly a different cache interface.

Patrick Schmid
Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.