which is the better cpu?

Question

Which is faster in real terms,not overclocked.

The pentium d 830(2x3.0mhz) or the core duo e6600(2x2.40mhz)

I expect most people will say the core duo but i dont get it,one is 3.00mhz and the other is 2.40mhz.

Any help would be appreciated because i'm building a second computer and i want to make sure i have all the best parts in the same computer.

yep,i mean the Core 2 Duo processor

Answer 1

First off, to the people who said the Core 2 Duo because it has two cores, newsflash, so does the Pentium D. And to the first guy, you can't just add the two numbers together. Now in addition to the higher front side bus speed and cache, here is the real reason. It is called Instructions Per Cycle (IPC). All the Ghz number tells you is how many clock cycles there are in a given amount of time. 3GHz translates into 3 billion clock cycles a second, 2.4Ghz is 2.4 billion clock cycles a second. Now if each processor did the same amount of work each clock cycle, obvisously the 3.0Ghz would be faster than the 2.4Ghz, but, they don't. IPC is the number of instructions that a processor will process each clock cycle, and the Core 2 Duos have a much higher IPC than the Pentium Ds, hence they get more work done with a lower Ghz rating. This is the same reason that AMD chips were able to outperform Intel chips with much higher Ghz for so many years. You can read more about IPC at the link provided.

Answer 2

I believe that you meant Core 2 Duo processor, because the Core Duo series of processors is for laptops (Core 2 Duo = desktops) and starts with a T instead of an E (EX: T2600 Yanoah) Now, to answer your question:

Some people may say "Pentium D cus it haz the pwnr higher numberz" Chances are, they have no idea what they are talking about. Sure, it has a higher clock speed, but that's not all that is at work inside a processor. Generally, the Core 2 Duo is much more reliable. It has a higher FSB, a higher L2 cache, and is more advanced technolgy. Also, if you purchase the right motherboard, you could overclock it waaaayyyyyy past the 3.0GHz of the Pentium D. Good luck on your new system!

Answer 3

Thank god mystic man these ppl where adding the 2.4 ghz together lol it does matter in ghz but in fsb bus to i have a pentium d i overclocked it to 4.1 ghz but i overclocked the front side bus to 1066 fsb but the only difference stocked the intel core 2 duo will smoke a pentium d because of the fsb and doesnt produce so much heat as a pentium d thats some of the main reasons y a core 2 duo is better

Answer 4

the core 2 duo e6600 2.4 GHZ is much better than the pentium d hands down. The number of GHZ doesnt matter, i could have a 3.4ghz pentium 4, but still get smoked by my friend who has a 1.83ghz core 2 duo.

Answer 5

They are both two processor chips. The Pentium D, however, has 6GHz of processing power while the Core Duo has 4.8GHz. That doesn't mean anything, however, as I just looked at Wikipedia, and the Core 2 Duo is definitely the better chip for several reasons. It utilitizes its resources (clock cycles and power) much better. This makes it cheaper to operate and easier to cool, among other things. Go for the Core 2 Duo.

Answer 6

It really depends on what you are doing. most applications do not take advantage of multiple threading (the core duo) so if you are doing CPU intensive tasks like graphics and animation you would want to go with the pentium d. if you are doing more basic tasks the core duo will probably work better.

Answer 7

e6600, the core duo is essentially a 4.8ghz processor. Running 2 processors at 2.4ghz

Answer 8

Core Duo, by far.

The Core Duo line has two cores in it. This essentially means that you have two processors, and each one can be working on different task. Though you will notice the biggest speed difference while multitasking, most applications run in multiple threads at once, so they can all take advantage of this.