Intel Quad Core CPU

[Guest Max2006]

Hi

 

Can I assume that the power of an Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 GHz is

equivalent with four 2.4 GHz CPU? Faster? Slower?

 

It would be great if there is a bench mark that compares a quad core CPU

with four SMB CPUs.

 

Thank you,

Max

[Guest DevilsPGD]

Re: Intel Quad Core CPU

 

In message <D5620A43-C995-4032-91E9-028FD6A98687@microsoft.com>

"Max2006" <alanalan1@newsgroup.nospam> wrote:

>Can I assume that the power of an Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 GHz is

>equivalent with four 2.4 GHz CPU? Faster? Slower?

 

That's about it, yes. However, what are you comparing it against? A

Core 2 Duo will run circles around a P4 at the same clock speed.

 

There are a few other factors, a multiple-core CPU will tend to have a

shared cache of some sort, which if all other things are equal, is an

advantage in that a thread moving from one CPU to another won't hit

system RAM as often.

[Guest Max2006]

Re: Intel Quad Core CPU

 

Thanks for help.

 

This is an interesting point. Do you know any online article that compares

this with some numbers?

 

Max

 

 

"DevilsPGD" <spam_narf_spam@crazyhat.net> wrote in message

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> In message <D5620A43-C995-4032-91E9-028FD6A98687@microsoft.com>

> "Max2006" <alanalan1@newsgroup.nospam> wrote:

>

>>Can I assume that the power of an Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 GHz is

>>equivalent with four 2.4 GHz CPU? Faster? Slower?

>

> That's about it, yes. However, what are you comparing it against? A

> Core 2 Duo will run circles around a P4 at the same clock speed.

>

> There are a few other factors, a multiple-core CPU will tend to have a

> shared cache of some sort, which if all other things are equal, is an

> advantage in that a thread moving from one CPU to another won't hit

> system RAM as often.

[Guest DevilsPGD]

Re: Intel Quad Core CPU

 

In message <19DD03D4-3AC3-47CE-B5FA-EF4DBAE40262@microsoft.com>

"Max2006" <alanalan1@newsgroup.nospam> wrote:

>Thanks for help.

>

>This is an interesting point. Do you know any online article that compares

>this with some numbers?

 

I'm not sure you can compare, are there Core 2 Solo processors that run

on quad-capable motherboards? If not, no direct comparison would be

possible.