is there a matrix..celeron vs. pentium III/IV (the real deal)

[alber]

Wondered if there is a matrix(performance)available.

In other words comparing a 'real' PIII @850 is at or about the same 'performance' level as a celeron 1.0gig or what have you?...not that i'm an Intel fan, but it might come in handy for some.

these numbers are arbitrary, i just threw them out there, for an example, there may be not such chips manufactured.

[Jenni]

In synthetic benchmarks like Sandra and the rest, a Celeron 800 performs EXACTLY like a P3 800, given that the P3 is the 100MHz FSB variety. There may be a few instances, such as editing large pics in Photoshop, or something else like that, that you MIGHT see the P3 have a small advantage, but for cost, I'd stick with a Celeron any day. I have a P3 800, and if I knew then what I know now, I'd have a Celeron...

As far as a comparison grid, I don't know if one exists.

[HAL9000]

When I still had a Celeron 800 in one system and a PIII 800 in the other, you couldn't visually see any difference. Running distributed.net, the Celeron was about 40,000 keys per second slower which is actually quite minimal.