Is the AMD Barton 2500 much different than the AMD 2200 XP?

[fsuorange]

I would like a fast processor just for video editing, web surfing, and word processing and am narrowing it down to these two processors. Would I notice a big differnce between the AMD 2500 and the 2200 if Im not going to be using them for gaming. The 2200 is certainly a lot cheaper and I just want to know if I should pay more money speed of the 2500.

Thanks

[Piccoro]

It would only really help for encoding if the Mhz is higher. (Video editing might be different)
They are basicly the same (2200+ 1800mhz/2500+ 1833mhz)
The higher bandwidth (FSB) and L2 cache is not going to make that big of a difference for video encoding but it will for most other tasks (which is why it is rated 2500).

I would suggest a 2400+ as it is up to 2000mhz.

[redwudz]

If you are talking about the XP2500 Barton CPU, there is a major difference between the two CPU's. The 2500 Barton has a 512K L2 cache as opposed to the 2200's 256K. Also the 2500 has a 333FSB speed, where the 2200 has a 266FSB. May not sound like much, but my 2500 Barton encodes almost twice as fast as my previous XP1800. That has a lot to do with my MB and setup. I run the CPU at a 400MHZ FSB speed. The Barton CPU does need a board that is set up for it.