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AMD Duron™ Processor Competitive Comparison
Processors Features and Benefits AMD AMD Duron™ Processor Celeron
Clock Speeds*
1.3GHz, 1.2GHz, 1.1GHz, 1.0GHz 1.2GHz, 1.1GHz, 1.0GHz, 950MHz, 900MHz, 850MHz
Introduction of Architecture 1999

Innovative x86 architecture
1995

Previous-generation x86 architecture
Level 1 (L1) Cache 128KB

4x more L1 cache than Celeron

More sophisticated cache architecture than Celeron
32KB
Total On-Chip CacheLevel 1 (L1) + Level 2 (L2) 192KB

More sophisticated cache architecture than Celeron
160KB on 1.1GHz frequency and lower

288KB on 1.2GHz
Processor Bus Speed
The speed at which data is transferred between the processor and the rest of the system
200MHz
Up to 3Xs more available bandwidth than Celeron
100MHz

66MHz
Floating Point Pipelines
More pipelines typically provide improved floating point performance
3

Outstanding floating point performance with 3DNow!™ Professional technology
1

*Processor performance is a function of both clock speed and instructions per clock cycle (IPC)

The AMD Duron Processor offers technology that stands out among that of other processors in the value space.



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