Core Duo vs Core 2 Duo vs Core Solo

[no-clue]

Can someone explain to me what are the differences please. Which one is more powerful....better yet can someone put them in order of power from least powerful to most powerful.

Thanks in advance

 

[Burgerbob]

Is that a serious question? the Core 2 Duo beats all comers from any company or series.

 

[Geoff]

The difference between the Core Duo and Core 2 Duo is very small. But the Core Solo is a single core processor, and the Duo is a dual-core.

Here are some benchmarks comparing the two: http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=276&type=expert&pid=6

 

[Sacrinyellow5]

I got a quick question.
I'm thinking about buying a new comp. One has the option of 1 -2.13 Ghz Core 2 Duo -- 1066 FSB
and the other has 2 Dual Core Intel Xeon @ 2.00 Ghz -

The first pc is resonably priced and the second is about quite a bit higher. Is Dual Core becoming old hardware? or would it be a wise investment to go with the Core 2

I'm going to be using the comps a main comp for graphic design, possible video editing & music editing. And some light gaming.

--The post above helped with my question.

 

[b3atofang3l]

Xeon is a server type of processor, ofcourse the price is higher. I believe it is a bit better than Core 2 Duo.

 

[Sacrinyellow5]

It's standard in the Mac Pro, I'm looking at... More than likely they will be switching to Core 2 Duo, so I might hold off...

 

[b3atofang3l]

good idea, if you have hte money buy it

 

[fade2green514]

id have to say core 2 duo... just because its 65nm and runs cooler at a higher speed.

 

[Geoff]

id have to say core 2 duo... just because its 65nm and runs cooler at a higher speed.

The Core Duo is also 65nm...

 

[fade2green514]

o well... it still runs faster per clock for some operations.

 

[Geoff]

o well... it still runs faster per clock for some operations.

Perhaps because of the faster bus or larger L2 cache?

Sure the Core 2 Duo has some minor architecture differences, but it's pretty much the same.

 

[Archangel]

Xeon is a server type of processor, ofcourse the price is higher. I believe it is a bit better than Core 2 Duo.

as far as i know, the Core2Duo is THE best processor architecture out atm.

 

[Cromewell]

I dunno, x86 I'd agree...but best architecture? There's some pretty good designs in the RISC department

 

[ceewi1]

To summarise, in general:

Core 2 Duo > Core Duo > Core Solo

 

[Archangel]

hmm... best released, mass produced architecture?

 

[Cromewell]

Let's stick with currently the best x86

Just in case anyone was wondering, a Core 2 has a larger die (more transistors), potentially faster FSB, potentially more L2 cache, 2 more stages in the pipeline, and additional simple decoder, more scheduler entries, more FP units, more SSE units, an additional ALU, and a bigger reorder buffer. As Omega said, it's basically a Core but on steriods.

 

[Archangel]

Just in case anyone was wondering, a Core 2 has a larger die (more transistors), potentially faster FSB, potentially more L2 cache, 2 more stages in the pipeline, and additional simple decoder, more scheduler entries, more FP units, more SSE units, an additional ALU, and a bigger reorder buffer. As Omega said, it's basically a Core but on steriods.

yay, half of that is jibberish to me D=

btw, why x86? are the A64 processors also beeing called x86 processors? I thought the C2D were x64 too,.. whee,.. im confused now

 

[Cromewell]

x86-64 aka EM64T aka AMD64 is simply 64bit extensions to the x86 design. x64 is shorthand.