Intel® Core™2 Duo Processors?

Question

when it says Intel® Core™2 Duo Processors 1.66Ghz does that mean the over all processing power is 1.66 x 2 (=3.222) ?? since core duo?

Answer 1

Yes, it means it doubles the processor's performance.
Trust me, i even know ways to prove it to you.

If it says 1.66 ghz, it will twice the performance to 3.222

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor means that there are two same processors installed and both of their performance is 1.66 ghz each !!

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Answer 2

Perfect example of why you don't get advice from people working at CompUSA (or Best Buy, Circuit City) etc. A dual core processor with a speed of 1.66Ghz has two cores, each of which run at 1.66Ghz. It does not mean you have a total processing power of 3.32GHz. If you have two programs running, each of them has their own core running at 1.66Ghz, which is better then if they were sharing one core as they would be on a single core processor. But if you only have one program running, and like most programs it can only use one core at a time, then it only has 1 1.66Ghz core running it, you cannot add the two numbers together. You are still helped however because the second core is running all the background tasks, leaving the first core to focus on the program.

Also keep in mind that Ghz is not a power measurement, it really a measurement of clock cycles in a given time. 1 Hz is 1/(1 second), so 1Ghz is 1 billion clock cycles in a second, meaning 1.66Ghz would be 1.66 billion clock cycles in a second. But this doesn't give you a measurement of processing power, because it doesn't into account how much work is done each clock cycle. This is called Instructions Per Cycle (IPC) and this is the reason Core 2 Duos perform so much better than old Pentium chips, they have a much higher IPC. This allows them to have more processing power while having a lower Ghz.

Answer 3

It two cores operating at 1.66 Ghz each not over all like you figured for 3.222. and program have to be able to access each core separately. One core will work will the does nothing or both can be working at the same time.

Answer 4

I just got this explained myself.

a core duo processor has two processors working at 1.66 so 3.222. but this can be inefficient because sometimes one processor is working more than the other.

a core 2 duo processor has a "taskmaster" program that delegates the different jobs to the processors evenly so both are working at their full potential. the actual speed is the same but the increased efficiency essentially adds about 30% more. so while the actuall speed is 3.22 it will seem to be working at 4.19

Answer 5

It means you have two processors running at 1.66Ghz.

Only software that is programed for multiple threads can take advantage of more than one processor.

Software designers are beginning to code for this as dual-core will eventually become the new standard for a desktop computer.

Answer 6

Kinda-Sorta. It acts as a 4.8 whilst "multutasking" considering's 2 - 2.4 GHz processors on one chip. middle Duo processors are astounding and that they don't have the warmth issues that the P4 3.2 GHz+ sequence has.

Answer 7

no it just means that there are two processors of 1.66 Ghz
two processors are helpful in doing big jobs like audio and video editing on computer.the application will run faster on these processors but only if they supports multiprocessors.

Answer 8

no, means its 1.66ghz