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Originally Posted by m6qrp

thanks for the quick reply but according to the specs, the prescott has 1mb of cache and is 90nm while the northwood has 512kb of cache and is 130nm techonology. is the northwood really faster than the prescott?

Northwood
Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz - RK80532PG056512 (BX80532PG2400D)

Prescott
Intel Pentium 4 2.4A GHz - B80546PE0561M (BX80546PE2400E)

You..just answered your own question. 1MB cache vs 512kb Cache. 90nm vs 130nm. Basically, 90nm is the 'current' technology for most CPU's, 130 is older so yes, the northwood is faster seeing as it's using slightly faster and more recent technology.