Athlon 1.0G vs Duron 1.6G

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I have two AMD chip put into a motherboard.
I wonder if Athlon 1.0G cpu is better than Duron 1.6G.
Athlon is better chip that duron. Does Athlon 1.0G better
than Duron 1.6G?

 

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mmdir2002@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> I have two AMD chip put into a motherboard.
> I wonder if Athlon 1.0G cpu is better than Duron 1.6G.
> Athlon is better chip that duron. Does Athlon 1.0G better
> than Duron 1.6G?
>

On average a Duron would be 80% the performance of an Athlon at the same
speed. Therefore a 1.6Ghz Duron would be like a 1.3Ghz Athlon. I'd go
with the Duron.

Yousuf Khan