Originally Posted by Gooshin
its not as black and white as you make it out to be.
one is a CCD, the other is CMOS
one is 10mp, the other is 14 mp
how much final noise you're going to get will depend on how big you're going to be viewing the pictures, which program you're using to post process, and how and if you are handling noise reduction.
it will also greatly depend on exposure.