T6500 vs t4500

[sinjiku]

hello so i have a broken hp dv4 with a 2.10ghz t6500 (core 2 duo) and i wanted to put it into my other laptop which is a asus k50ij (2.3ghz t4500 intel pentium) so i was wondering which would be faster? would the t6500 be because of the 2 MB L2 Cache, which is 1mb more then the t4500? or should i keep it the t4500 because it's a 2.3ghz compared to the t6500 at 2.10ghz?

 

[snakebitex]

Hello.
2.10ghz t6500 is faster. (1mb more cache in a notebook is a good boost)
By the way check if there is compatibility problem changing the CPU`s cause in laptops for example in HP the motherboards are coming registered for a type of CPU. Hope this is not a problem with ASUS laptop , a test will let as know.
Have fun (dont miss any screw i have found that the hard way ) and good luck.

 

[WR2]

Intel Pentium Dual Core T4500 will be faster / have higher performance.

 

[WR2]

The big list of Mobile Processors (CPU Benchmarks)

Intel Pentium Dual Core T4500 is ranked #160
Intel Core 2 Duo T6500 is ranked #192

 

[snakebitex]

Hands down experts talked i have complete forgot the list shame of me

 

[sinjiku]

hmm thats crazy i was for sure the t6500 would be faster >< and i did put the processor in and it worked . so i guess i should move the t4500 back in then?

 

[WR2]

What are you using the laptop for?
It might not be worth your trouble to make the switch back.

 

[sinjiku]

surfing the web. word. and photoshop and illustrator

 

[WR2]

For the first two - it's not worth the trouble. You wouldn't notice the difference.

If you do a fair amount of work with Photoshop and Illustrator (+2hr a day or so) you might want to think about switching back. Again, there isn't a huge difference in performance. T6500 actually did better in some benchmarks where the cache difference was useful (SuperPI 32M for example) even if it did rank a bit lower overall.

 

[sinjiku]

hmmm this is a hard one lol i'm still undecided for now >< ek

 

[sinjiku]

ok i'm thinking of just keeping the t6500 in just for the faster multitasking... if anyone thinks i should switch back to the t4500 please let me know.

 

[WR2]

For routine multi-tasking the T4500 would be fastest of the two.
It's long sessions with Photoshop and Illustrator where I think T6500 might closeu p the gap.

 

[sinjiku]

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