Core 2 Quad vs. Quad Core

coolboxer1985

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Guys,

Please tel me whether there is any difference between CORE 2 QUAD and QUAD CORE....coz it seem to confuse me....

Please help...
 

janakacd

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    me dekama ekai neda...
    dekema 4 cores thiyenawa neda?
    Clock Speed, L2 cache, FSB eken neda performance wenas wenne..
     
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    egs

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    Core 2 Quad is for Intel Desktop Motherboards. Q series processors are Core 2 Quad.

    Quad core is used for Intel Xeon based Processors.
     

    egs

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    Quad Core means 4 Real cores
    Core 2 Quad means 2 Real cores+2 Virtual
    So Quad Core is faster than Core 2 Quad

    Where did u find that Core 2 Quad has 2 Real cores and 2 Virtual cores ?

    Even Intel says Core 2 Quad has 4 Cores. Both Core 2 Quad and Quad Cores are the same. Its the same technical specification. However the word Quad Core is used more in Workstations and Servers using Xeon Processor and Core 2 Quad is used for Desktop based platform.
     

    ~v3n0m~

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    "Quad Core processors" is the general technical term for processors having 4 processing cores. "Core 2" is a commercial name by intel to mention their multi core processor generation. and Core 2 Quad is the same.. so Core 2 Quad processor from intel is a Quad Core processor...

    in the same way, AMD Phenom X4 is a Quad Core processor too. and its commercial name is AMD Phenom instead of Intel Core 2!!

    and the latest Quad core processors from intel are Intel i7 processors.
     

    egs

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    "Quad Core processors" is the general technical term for processors having 4 processing cores. "Core 2" is a commercial name by intel to mention their multi core processor generation. and Core 2 Quad is the same.. so Core 2 Quad processor from intel is a Quad Core processor...

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    Correct.
     

    ~v3n0m~

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    Quad Core means 4 Real cores
    Core 2 Quad means 2 Real cores+2 Virtual
    So Quad Core is faster than Core 2 Quad

    Core 2 Quad processors are having 4 Physical Processing Cores!!!!! Core 2 Duo s are having 2 Physical Cores!!!!

    When it comes to hyperthreading, doubled number of processing cores will be displayed in the OS, and they are called virtual processors!!

    And Hyperthreading is enabled in Core i7 stream. All i7 processors are quad core, and the OS detect 8 Cores, instead of 4.

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    Pls correct me if im wrong!