[yammer5]

Hi guys

Could anyone tell me which of these CPU's is faster at running 1 program at a time?


Intel® Processor Q6600 Quad Core™ (2.40GHz, 1066Mhz FSB, 8MB cache)
or
XPS 420 E8500 Core 2 Duo Processor (3.16GHz, 6MB, 1333MHz)

If you could tell me why as well that would be great.

Thanks Jay

[Wolfeymole]

Have a read of this Yammer

Dual-Core Versus Quad-Core: Intel Core 2 Duo/Quad Processors of New and Old Generations

[yammer5]

Thanks that was very interesting, im still unsure lol in the tests the MHz were the same on the duo and the quad and the duo came close, but on the duo ive seen the Mhz is higher so im thinking it might beat the quad?

[Flair4it]

hmmm i would go for the quad core altough the 420 is seriously fast system.

[AdvancedSetup]

Its not a matter of faster per say. It depends on what you're going to run on your system. If you're going to run an application like AutoCAD, PhotoShop, 3D Rendering software, etc then the Quad Core will be the winner hands down.

If you're just wanting to run a single threaded application then the other would be faster.

[Dalo Harkin]

Originally Posted by yammer5

Hi guys

Could anyone tell me which of these CPU's is faster at running 1 program at a time?


Intel® Processor Q6600 Quad Core™ (2.40GHz, 1066Mhz FSB, 8MB cache)
or
XPS 420 E8500 Core 2 Duo Processor (3.16GHz, 6MB, 1333MHz)

If you could tell me why as well that would be great.

Thanks Jay

As Advanced Setup has said in terms of playing games the second is faster as it has a faster speed - but if the program you are using supports quad core then that is the better choice - on the other hand you can easily overclock the Quad to run at 3.6Ghz per core with air cooling
And that would seriously beat any CPU out there that doesn't cost you an arm and a leg!

[AdvancedSetup]

Well the Nehalem which isn't even released already smokes every other CPU in its early beta stage.

Nehalem


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[Dalo Harkin]

Only at stock my friend - there is NO WAY that chip is capable of overclocking as much as the Q6600 GO SLACR

Quad core from 2.4(stock) to 4.0(Oc'ed) even the newer quads can't run that fast.

thats a 16Ghz chip for £150 obviously you need a whopping cooler that would cost £200-£300 but we will overlook that

[Dalo Harkin]

UPDATED - the swiftech H20-120 Compact, will now achieve the 4GHZ O'c and will set you back around £130 - the pump is housed in the CPU block and there are 2 variations of this cooler the H20 -120 and the H20 - 220, the 120 is a single radiator and the 220 is a double radiator.