Old CPU Vs i7

[Subby]

There are a lot of CPU's out in the market which are older than the i7 but their GHz (denoted as speed) is higher. An example of this: i7 860 runs at 2.8GHz and a Pentium 4 can run at 3.2GHz.

Now of course the i7 is faster but shouldn't the Pentium one be faster since it was more GHz?

~ Subby

 

[Shane]

No,Its all to do with the Architecture and newer Cpus have more Cores & Threads.

Have a read through this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-core_processor

 

[Ankur]

The i7 supports lots of multitasking and has many more features than Pentium, just go to intel.com

 

[StrangleHold]

Its work each clock cycle. You got two guys doing the same job. Moving bricks from point A to point B. The first guy (P4) is shot out of a gun, picking up one brick at a time running back and fourth. The second guy (i7) moving slower but using a wheelbarrow taking alot of bricks at a time. The second guy (i7) is going to get done alot faster.

 

[Geoff]

Its work each clock cycle. You got two guys doing the same job. Moving bricks from point A to point B. The first guy (P4) is shot out of a gun, picking up one brick at a time running back and fourth. The second guy (i7) moving slower but using a wheelbarrow taking alot of bricks at a time. The second guy (i7) is going to get done alot faster.

Very good analogy :good:

 

[fastdude]

Very good analogy :good:

Yep.

 

[Bodaggit23]

The second guy (i7) moving slower but using a wheelbarrow taking alot of bricks at a time.

If we're talking P4 and i7, I'd say the i7 would be more like a dump truck than a wheel barrow.