What is Core, Core duo, and Core2?!

[JEDI]

WIKI => dual core?!

i am soooo confused w/Intels new naming convention.

Can someone provide a simple layman's explanation? THX!

 

[DrMrLordX]

Core Duo = Yonah

Core 2 Duo = Conroe/Allendale/Woodcrest/Merom

That's about all there is to it.

 

[Kromis]

Its Core Solo, Core Duo, and Core 2 Duo.

I believe Core Solo is for laptops (I think, someone correct me on this), and the other 2 are for desktops (and laptops).

 

[n7]

Core Duo = Yonah for laptops or Macs
Core Solo = Yonah single core
Core 2 Duo = Merom for laptops/Macs or of course, Conroe or Allendale for PCs.

 

[stevty2889]

Core Duo=Yonah core, dual core 65nm pentium-m
Core Solo=Yonah core, single core, 65nm pentium-m
Yonah=Current generation pentium-m, Dothan was the 90nm pentium-m, Banias the 130nm pentium-m, desinged for laptops.

Core 2 Duo is the new arcthitectrue known as the core architecture, used for laptops(Merom, not avaible yet), desktops(Conroe 4mb cahce, Allendale 2mb cache), and servers(Woodcrest). While based off of the pentium-m architecture, it has a lot of enhancements, such as the 4ipc design, 64bit, full 128bit SSE, and SSE4.

 

[JEDI]

duo means 2 cores in a cpu? so it's equivalent of a dual cpu xeon system back in the old days?

 

[stevty2889]

Originally posted by: JEDI
duo means 2 cores in a cpu? so it's equivalent of a dual cpu xeon system back in the old days?

Correct, the Duo's are dual cores, so it's kinda like have the dual cpu xeon system, in one package.

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: stevty2889

Originally posted by: JEDI
duo means 2 cores in a cpu? so it's equivalent of a dual cpu xeon system back in the old days?

Correct, the Duo's are dual cores, so it's kinda like have the dual cpu xeon system, in one package.

that brings up question #2:

Why would 99% of the users out there need dual core?!

 

[stevty2889]

Originally posted by: JEDI

Originally posted by: stevty2889

Originally posted by: JEDI
duo means 2 cores in a cpu? so it's equivalent of a dual cpu xeon system back in the old days?

Correct, the Duo's are dual cores, so it's kinda like have the dual cpu xeon system, in one package.

that brings up question #2:

Why would 99% of the users out there need dual core?!

They don't..there are a lot of situations where dual cores have advantages, but for the average user that just uses the internet, and microsoft word, it's not going to make much of a differance at all.

 

[Dravic]

Originally posted by: JEDI

Originally posted by: stevty2889

Originally posted by: JEDI
duo means 2 cores in a cpu? so it's equivalent of a dual cpu xeon system back in the old days?

Correct, the Duo's are dual cores, so it's kinda like have the dual cpu xeon system, in one package.

that brings up question #2:

Why would 99% of the users out there need dual core?!

if you build it.... they will come

 

[Aluvus]

The Core Microarchitecture is a new general design replacing the older Netburst used in Pentium 4s and elsewhere.

Core Duo and Core Solo are laptop processors.

Core 2 (Duo, Extreme, etc.) is a new line of desktop and laptop processors based on the Core Microarchitecture.

Yes, it's confusing.

 

[DrMrLordX]

Originally posted by: JEDI

that brings up question #2:

Why would 99% of the users out there need dual core?!

It's gotten to the point that most dual-core processors out there have such nice, speedy cores that you'll do better with them in single-threaded apps than you will with cheaper single-core products.

Core 2 Duo is so fast that one of its cores is faster clock per clock than any single-core desktop processor produced by AMD or Intel to date. You can even get Core 2 Duo at 2.93 ghz stock if you want to pay for it.

In other words, dual-core CPUs now offer the best performance, even when you aren't utilizing the second core. Single-core CPUs are now for bargain hunters only, and even then you lost the bang/buck contest with a single-core CPU whenever you start multitasking or using a multithreaded app.

 

[JEDI]

mobo/Athlon 64 3400+ combo for $99+SH at Newegg

Core Duo still better bang for the buck?

 

[Polish3d]

Yeah if you're not totally broke

 

[JackBurton]

Good break down guys.