Intel Quad Core CPU

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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
 
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.
 
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


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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.
 
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.
 
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